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If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim'. And once you've learned: swim!
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If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim'. And once you've learned: swim!
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
Dare to believe only in yourself.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Opinions, like fashions, always descend from those of quality to the middle sort; and thence to the vulgar, where they are dropped and vanish.
No man can rob us of our Will, no man can lord it over that!
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.
In every bit of honest writing in the world there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. There are shorter means, many of them. There is writing promoting social change, writing punishing injustice, writing in celebration of heroism, but always that base theme. Try to understand each other.
To divinise is human, to humanise is divine.
As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all beings.