Jan

"Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears but not hearing the music; having minds but not perceiving the truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear." -Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
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"Nothing ever goes wrong. Whatever happens, happens for a reason. When events don't go your way, there is a reason. When you don't achieve the desired results, there is a reason. And precisely because there is a reason why things are the way they are, there is a way to change them. To achieve a different result simply requires a different cause. Instead of assuming that the world has unfairly turned against you, seek to understand the cause of your misfortune. Once you know what's causing the result you don't want, you'll have a strategy for creating what you do want. What you see as a problem has not been put in place to hold you back. It is merely the inevitable result of whatever is causing it. Understand the cause, understand the reason, and you can change it for the better. There is a reason behind what happens, so make that reason work for you. -- Ralph Marston"
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"The most thoroughly and relentlessly damned, banned, forbidden, excluded, condemned, ostrasized, ignored, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statisticians, psycologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governers, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and [are] perpetually irritated that this Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned to it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governer calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. The psycotherapist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots. -Robert Anton Wilson"
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