Non Quotes
When people say 'let's do something about it', they mean 'let's get hold of the political machinery so that we can do something to somebody else.' And that somebody is invariably you.
Emergencies” have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.
Liberty is no less a blessing because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.
Recall that the minimum wage was initially conceived as a method to exclude undesirables from the workforce.
Ultimately, all arguments against markets are arguments against anarchy. Marx understood this much, at least.
When the state itself is held to the same moral standards as everyone else, it dies. And that's a wonderful thing.
They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it themselves.
Historical definition of a country's borders... "...here's where my murder geography ends and your murder geography begins, at least until I get more murderers to expand my murder-fest.
I've known humans, and I know beasts. The beast is better. It is unpretentious. It kills for food. Humans do 'cause they're just not any good.
By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It went without saying as it were.
I don't think I'll ever grow old and say, "What was I thinking eating all those fruits and vegetables?
You can never, never, ever go wrong eating more fruit.
Why do we keep believing that we can control nature, even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?
Never judge the othersfor each one wears a coverfor their version of the original.(talking about individuals in the stream of consciousness that gives rise to each one of us.)
Posture reflects your attitude.
Om was there in the existence, when no religion was formed or founded. It will be there in the existence, if all the religions are demolished.
Wisdom tells me I am nothing, love tells me I am everything. Between the two, my life flows.
Maybe that is the purest and most radical kind of religion – simple attention. Present-moment awareness. Instead of a belief system, awareness sees through all beliefs.
The path of nonviolence is the path of respect. It is respect towards every being. It is the path of awakening the consciousness of every being.
The sweet-smelling aroma of the island spices still hung in the air. It filled his nostrils and titillated his appetite all over again. His appetite drove him mad for something much more than food.
People who can't imagine order without imposition always end up favoring power over liberty.
When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we in essence accept that the state owns our bodies.
It is only you, treading in the blessed path of peace and freedom, who can bring about the true regeneration of society, and with it the true happiness of your own lives.
Emergencies” have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have eroded.
Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights).
The war is against children, and all the other wars are just a shadow of the war on children.
Heaven is freakin' not ready for me!" - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman
You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable." - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner
Non sense discussions, have you ever thought that most discussions which you have are useless, pointess?? It's true and that's why I never go out.
What most people see is a badge, behind and beyond the badge is what they need to know...the person.
There is no such thing as a "just" war. It's just war. And it's antithetical to the Gospel.
By changing how you perceive things and how you act upon those perceptions, you will change your life.
Had a big trial. It was like an Errol Flynn movie.
I felt it burn all the way down my throat and into my stomach. I felt like I was dying.
This life is only a test' is a counter-productive mindset
Peace is a deeper reality than violence."p. 231
From time to time I show up in myself just long enough for people to know they are not in the room alone.
When I first met Billy I thought about sucking his eyes right out of their sockets. They’re like turquoise gum drops.
I try to walk around without being noticed but I can’t help attracting attention with my pink Mohawk, black clothing and steel toes, and often I’m with Holly and we’re both tall and arrogant.
Indie authors write, design, sell. Like magic, skip one and you make must read vanish.
A vow is a heavenly created obligation in motion that only ends when fully completed.
St John had always been a fan of the RS Turbo, mainly due to the colour coded rear spoiler and air vents in the bonnet, which distinguished it from the more common and less powerful XR3i.
Had the facial plumage been of a paler hue it would have looked like a pile of horse crap on a winter’s day.
Her protestations were drowned out by the sound of Gordon Honeycomb barfing up aftershock into the kitchenette sink.