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Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time.


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The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.

The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.



I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around.

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around.



The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place?

The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place?



I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!



... politics are nothing but sand and gravel: it is art and life that feed us until we die. Everything else is ambition, hysteria or hatred.

... politics are nothing but sand and gravel: it is art and life that feed us until we die. Everything else is ambition, hysteria or hatred.



Perhaps this very instant is your time.

Perhaps this very instant is your time.



Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.



...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.

...in a time lacking in truth and certainty and filled with anguish and despair, no woman should be shamefaced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.



Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.

Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.



I have lost faith in universal panaceas - work is the one thing in which I really believe.

I have lost faith in universal panaceas - work is the one thing in which I really believe.





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Friend of everyone is friend of none.

Friend of everyone is friend of none.



If you want to travel on the path of moksha (ultimate liberation), ‘You’ (the Self) do not have to ‘do’ anything. And if you want to wander in the worldly life, ‘You’ have to ‘do’ everything.

If you want to travel on the path of moksha (ultimate liberation), ‘You’ (the Self) do not have to ‘do’ anything. And if you want to wander in the worldly life, ‘You’ have to ‘do’ everything.



We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.

We need to take violence against women seriously. It is the biggest indicator of whether a country is violent inside itself, and whether it will be militarily violent against another country.



I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?

I'm a tech geek. Whenever I read about something new, I think to myself, How can I take this and make it black?



Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic!

Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic!



There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.

There is great satisfaction in a well-made clean tool that does its work well.



It's an old - and true - cliche that VCs rarely actually say 'no' - more often they say 'maybe', or 'not right now', or 'my partners aren't sure', or 'that's interesting, let me think about it'

It's an old - and true - cliche that VCs rarely actually say 'no' - more often they say 'maybe', or 'not right now', or 'my partners aren't sure', or 'that's interesting, let me think about it'



Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.

Think small.... If you can't think small, try philosophy or social criticism.



The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that is most interesting.

The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that is most interesting.



Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.

Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.




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