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THERE IS A LIGHT IN THIS WORLD, A HEALING SPIRIT MORE POWERFUL THAN ANY DARKNESS WE MAY ENCOUNTER. WE SOMETIMES  LOSE SIGHT OF THIS FORCE WHEN THERE IS SUFFERING, TOO MUCH PAIN. THEN SUDDENLY, THE SPIRIT WILL EMERGE THROUGH THE LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO HEAR A CALL AND ANSWER IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS.  MOTHER TERESA … Read more

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         NEVER LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, FOR    BEAUTY IS GOD’S HANDWRITING.                       FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU ARE ANGRY YOU LOSE SIXTY SECONDS OF HAPPINESS.              TO BE YOURSELF IN A WORLD that is … Read more

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              I TRY TO TAKE SUBJECTS THAT MIGHT SEEM DEEP AND MAKE THEM AS SILLY AS POSSIBLE.           AMERICA’S A GANGBANGER COUNTRY. WE GOT OUR GANG AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS IRRELRVANT.                             MICHAEL CHE … Read more

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                   ANARCHISTS: “THE PERCEIVED THREAT TO ORDER.” “IN THE END  the anarchists proved to be their own worst enemy. They came to define ‘unruly chaos’. Plain and simple theirs was ‘arguably one of the most disastrous branding strategies in political history.; ‘They turned a word against their … Read more

SIGMUND FREUD, CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, PAUL AUSTER–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–GRACE PALEY,MARVIN AUSTON, RAM DASS, THICH NHAT HAHN, BERTRAND RUSSELL, ALBERT EINSTEIN, SMEDLERY BUTLER, DOREEN VIRTUE,PAUL COELLO.

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       TOLERANCE & COMPASSION ARE QUALITIES OF FEARLESS PEOPLE.                                                               PAULO COELHO TO LOVE at the deepest level of your being truly means you … Read more

CASEI KASEEM, C.DAY LEWISHERBERT SPENCER, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT–BIRTHDAYS–PLUSS SWAMI KRIPALU, BOB MARLEY, AUGUST WILSON, MORIHEI UESHIBA, LAWRENCE FELINGHETTI, KURT VONNEGUT, GARY GOLDBERG, PLATO, PEARL BUCK, OSCAR WILDE, ANAIS NIN, RAMANA MAHARISHI.

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“Thus Spake Ramana”.               SRI RAMANA MAHARISHI YOU CAN NEVER FIND THE MIND THROUGH MIND. PASS BEYOND IT IN ORDER TO FIND IT NON-EXISTENT. MIND, EGO, INTELLECT ARE ALL DIFFERENT NAMES           FOR ONE INNER ORGAN (ANTAHKARANA).   THE MIND IS ONLY THE AGGREGATE OF THOUGHTS.   … Read more

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FRANK SINATRA: LOUIS ARMSTRONG makes me feel humble in his presence. He became a legend in his lifetime because he had the skill of a true artist, the strength of a demon and the heart of a lion. I have known him in moments of glory and adversity. IF POETRY AND THE ARTS DO ANYTHING, … Read more

BEVERLY CLEARY, NICOLSON BAKER, CHARLES BEAUDELAIRE–BIRTHDAYS–PLUS–LULU TREVENA, SARA TEASDALE, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, GEORGE ORWELL, THICH NHAT HANH, FRANK SINATRA.

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FRANK SINATRA: LOUIS ARMSTRONG makes me feel humble in his presence. He became a legend in his lifetime because he had the skill of a true artist, the strength of a demon and the heart of a lion. I have know him in moments of glory and adversity and he has never changed.  BE A … Read more

RAM DASS–BIRTHDAY–PLUS–SHAMBHU HEART, JIMMY HEATH, HENRY THOREAU, GLORIA STEINEM, WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING, EMILY DICKINSON, MIKE ROYKO, WOODY ALLEN.

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SEX without love is an empty experience but as empty experiences go it’s one of the best.     Woody Allen IT’S MUCH HARDER TO BE A LIBERAL THAN A CONSERVATIVE. WHY? BECAUSE IT’S EASIER TO GIVE SOMEONE THE FINGER THAN A HELPING HAND. M. ROYKO                     … Read more