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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: non-conformity, rules
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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV, The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama
    tags: brain, ethics, inspirational, kindness, morality, philosophy, simple, temple
    757 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed, attributed-to-einstein-no-source, buddhism, religion, science, unsourced
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    Thich Nhat Hanh
    “The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.”
    ― Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Walking Toward Enlightenment
    tags: buddhism, philosophy, religion
    276 likes

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    Gautama Buddha
    “Purity or impurity depends on oneself,
    No one can purify another.”
    ― Tipitaka. Suttapitaka. Khuddakanikaya. Dhammapada. English & Pali
    tags: buddha, buddhism, tipitaka
    330 likes

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    D.R. Silva
    “I will never compromise Truth for the sake of getting along with people who can only get along when we agree.”
    ― D.R. Silva
    tags: agreement, compromise, disagreement, freedom, loyalty, truth
    107 likes

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    George Bernard Shaw
    “You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara
    tags: knowledge, learning
    133 likes

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    Hunter S. Thompson
    “The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels
    tags: brinksmanship, crazy, crisis, insanity
    1806 likes

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    Hunter S. Thompson
    “I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary
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    Hunter S. Thompson
    “In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely.”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
    tags: fear
    238 likes

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    Wayne Gerard Trotman
    “People who repeatedly attack your confidence and self-esteem are quite aware of your potential, even if you are not.”
    ― Wayne Gerard Trotman
    tags: awareness, bullying, confidence, potential, put-downs, quotable, self-confidence, self-esteem
    156 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: manners, wit
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Punctuality is the thief of time”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: hedonism, time
    523 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “Some things are too important to be taken seriously.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Irony is wasted on the stupid”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: irony, stupid, stupidity
    584 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel that no one else has a right to blame us. It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
    tags: blame, guilt
    1030 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Oscar Wilde
    “nothing that is worth knowing can be taught”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: education, experience, knowledge
    372 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “I beg your pardon I didn't recognise you - I've changed a lot.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Oscar Wilde
    “It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: logic
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    M. Scott Peck
    “Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.”
    ― M. Scott Peck
    tags: choice, emotion, feeling, insightful, love
    640 likes

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    George Bernard Shaw
    “The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.”
    ― George Bernard Shaw, The Quintessence of Ibsenism
    tags: believe, liar, lie, punishment
    1034 likes

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    Alan Moore
    “Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”
    ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
    tags: anarchism, politics, revolution
    433 likes

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    Jennifer Donnelly
    “For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”
    ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution
    tags: revolution, strong-willed, strong-women, young-adult
    344 likes

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    G.K. Chesterton
    “The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: anarchy, revolution
    168 likes

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    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., Why We Can't Wait
    tags: revolution, social-movements
    64 likes

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    Daisaku Ikeda
    “A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.”
    ― Daisaku Ikeda
    tags: revolution
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    George Carlin
    “You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.”
    ― George Carlin, Brain Droppings
    tags: humor
    274 likes

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    George Carlin
    “My mother would say, 'Why are you always playing alone?' And I would say, 'I'm not playin', Ma. I'm fuckin' serious!”
    ― George Carlin, Brain Droppings
    tags: childhood, humor, playing
    142 likes

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    George Carlin
    “Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: living-sober
    141 likes



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