This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
- Douglas Adams, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), Introduction
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Religion·Faith, William M. Holden
Hell is paved with good samaritans.
- William M. Holden
- William M. Holden
Appearance, Albert Schweitzer
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.
- Albert Schweitzer
- Albert Schweitzer
Money, Eric Hoffer
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.
- Eric Hoffer, Before the Sabbath (1979), p. 139
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- Eric Hoffer, Before the Sabbath (1979), p. 139
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Life, Sri Chinmoy
Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.
- Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower Flames Part 1-100 (1979), #4029, Part 41
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- Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower Flames Part 1-100 (1979), #4029, Part 41
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Italy, Orson Welles
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed - they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love and five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!
- Orson Welles as the character Harry Lime in the film The Third Man (1949)
Art, Aldo Leopold
Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty. It expands through successive stages of the beautiful to values as yet uncaptured by language.
― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac: With Other Essays on Conservation from Round River
Growth, Edward Abbey
Growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness.
- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire, "Water", p. 114 (1968)
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- Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire, "Water", p. 114 (1968)
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Religion·Faith, Fyodor Dostoevsky
If God does not exist, then everything is permitted.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Devils
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Devils
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