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“Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their own vision, even when it takes them far from the mainland of the human community. Unexplored places do not frighten them- or not, at any rate, as much as they frighten those around them. This is one of the secrets of their power. That which we call genius has a great deal to do with courage and daring, a great deal to do with nerve.”

“Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.”

“Innovators possess the drive and determination to act upon their interest to learn a skill or pursue a vision, even if it means hiring skills to develop or create for them. Again still, they possess the drive and determination to act upon their visions, turning them into tangible realities. Their actions set them apart from the rest, as they actively engage with the challenges, uncertainties, and possibilities inherent in the creation process.”

“Innumerable conditions must be exquisitely optimized for the support of humanity and of civilization. Many of them are highly time variable. Evidence showing that a wide variety of independent conditions all reached optimality during the identical narrow epoch when human beings appeared on the cosmic and terrestrial scene testifies of supernatural design and purpose rather than mere coincidence.”

“Innumerable entirely new compounds have been produced in the last century. The artificial dye-stuffs, prepared from materials occurring in coal-tar, make the natural colours blush. Saccharin, which is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar, is a purely artificial substance. New explosives, drugs, alloys, photographic substances, essences, scents, solvents, and detergents are being poured out in a continuous stream.”

“Innumerable times a whole Christian community has broken down because it had sprung from a wish dream… Every human wish dream that is injected into the Christian community is a hindrance to genuine community and must be banished if genuine community is to survive. He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial.”

“Inquiry appears to be a process of thinking, but actually it's a way to undo thinking. Thoughts lose their power over us when we realize that they simply appear in the mind. They're not personal. Through The Work, instead of escaping or suppressing our thoughts, we learn to meet them with unconditional love and understanding.”

“Inrealized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten letters--can be. In our throwaway era of quick phone calls, faxes, and email, it's all to easy never to find the time to write letters. That's a great pity--for historians and the rest of us.”

“Insan Chalisa (Abridged) Jai Insan, Chetna Sagar; Jai Vivek, Vidyut Ujagar. Rise Insan, Ilaaj Ilahi; Al Hub, Hayat Paygamber. Ik Onkar, Satnam Shahada; One Insan Bodhi Vihara. Born of Ash, Deed Amartya; Once Ignited, Ashiq Ananta. Vision Virat, Vajra Avinashi; Kafir Kareem to Vidyesh Vinashi. Unbent Akhanda in Realm Divided, Dervish Divaane, Advaita Ruhani.”

“Insan-insan celeng atau celeng-celeng itu sekarang ada di mana-mana. Malah sekarang, untuk menjadi celeng, mereka tidak perlu lagi datang berguru pada raja celeng. Insan-insan celeng sudah diperanakkan dan berkembang biak dengan sendirinya. Maklum, udara sudah kotor dengan udara celeng. Dan nafsu tinggal diturut, dalam sekejap celelng-celeng sudah diperanakkan. Maka dalam waktu singkat, jumlah mereka meledak dengan amat banyak. Lembaga-lembaga pemerintahan dan lembaga-lembaga perwakilan rakyat dipenuhi dengan insan-insan celeng. Di lembaga-lembaga itu apa saja bisa dicelengkan. Jabatan diperjualbelikan secara celeng, anggaran dirancang dengan perhitungan celeng, proyek-proyek pembangunan diselewengkan dengan transaksi celeng. Bahkan politik pun diuangkan dengan celeng. Sebenarnya sudah tersedia kata atau istilah untuk para pelaku semacam itu, yakni koruptor dan politikus kotor. Sedang istilah untuk praktik mereka adalah korupsi dan politik uang. Namun rakyat kebanyakan menyebut mereka celeng. Mungkin karena bagi rakyat kebanyakan, sebutan celeng lebih mudah ditangkap, dan lebih menggambarkan kejahatan dan keserakahan mereka daripada istilah koruptor atau politikus kotor. Mungkin juga karena rakyat ingin mengatakan tentang mereka sebagai apa adanya. Koruptor atau politikus kotor itu biar bagaimana masih manusia atau ada manusiawinya. Sedangkan celeng ya celeng, binatang yang memang tidak mengenal harga diri, rasa malu dan tidak mempunyai nurani. Tapi lebih daripada itu semua, sebutan celeng bisa menerangkan apa yang tidak bisa mereka terangkan.”

“Insane asylums are deliberate and premeditated receptacles of black magic, and it is not only that doctors encourage magic with their untimely and hybrid therapies, it is that they practice it. If there had been no doctors there would never have been patients, no skeletons of the diseased dead to butcher and flay, for it is through doctors and not through patients that society began. Those who live, live off the dead. And it is likewise necessary that death live; and there is nothing like an insane asylum for calmly incubating death, and for keeping dead people in incubators.”