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“each human being, each one of you, if I may point out, represents the whole of mankind.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti, J Krishnamurti - Why do you live With Stress

“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.”
― Jiddu Krishnamurti, J Krishnamurti - Why do you live With Stress

“Uniformity is the rigorous law of nature; what once happened can happen always.”
― Swami Vivekananda, Raja Yoga

“Ah! How we all love to be deluded! We have a secret dread of being thought ignorant. And we end by being ignorant after all, only we have done it in a long and roundabout way.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, The Hungry Stones and Other Stories

“A watched pot never boils,”
― Ann M. Martin, Rain Reign

“Happiness is harder to put into words. It’s also harder to source, much more mysterious than anger or sorrow, which come to me promptly, whenever I summon them, and remain long after I’ve begged them to leave.”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“Honestly, though, does choice even come into it? Is it my fault that the good times fade to nothing while the bad ones burn forever bright?”
― David Sedaris, Calypso

“There is one thing more powerful than the Constitution….That’s the will of the people. What is a Constitution anyway? They’re the products of the people, the people are the first source of power, and the people can abolish a Constitution if they want to.”
― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die

“We often tell ourselves that America’s national political culture in some way immunizes us from such appeals, but this requires reading history with rose-colored glasses. The real protection against would-be authoritarians has not been Americans’ firm commitment to democracy but, rather, the gatekeepers—our political parties.”
― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die

“Happiness is not an accident. It is a choice. It is in our hands to be happy. Always in our hands.”
― Amish Tripathi, Sita: Warrior of Mithila

“in communism, you’d threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“Take stock of who we are, and what we have, and then use it for good.”
― Ann Napolitano, Dear Edward

“once you become a parent, you learn that love can involve more fear than you had ever imagined, and you never quite look on the world in the same way again.”
― Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You

“appearing okay is a lot easier than actually being okay.”
― Emily Bleeker, When I'm Gone

“suppose that in America everything, including education and corrections, is fair game for profiteers.”
― John Grisham, The Guardians

“Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler, one of my favorites, and LaRose by Louise Erdrich.”
― John Grisham, Camino Island

“John D. MacDonald is a favorite of mine, especially his Travis McGee series,”
― John Grisham, Camino Island