“If someone gives money to Apollonius, and the giver is someone considered respectable, he will take the money if he needs it. But he will not accept a fee for philosophy even if he does need it.”

— Apollonius of Tyana

Epp. Apoll. 42
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“God does watch over us and does notice us, but it usually through someone else that he meets our needs.”

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“He is making money but I am earning love. His money will get spent, but the respect and love that I get will remain for him when I leave. I only hope he keeps it up. Somewhere he will take care of my respect and love.”

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About his son in [Dawar, Ramesh, Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, http://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&pg=RA1-PT24, 1 January 2006, Star Publications, 978-1-905863-01-3, 135]

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

December 26, 1839
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“What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn’t give. He stays rigid. Doesn’t even try to listen, just lashes out.”

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“It’s in the nature of a good despot to say anything that will convince someone to do as he wishes. Only when he does not need them does he really say what he thinks. And by that time, of course, because he has no need of them, they are usually as good as dead. The secret of becoming a successful tyrant lies in an early ability to be all things to all people.”

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Book 2, Chapter 7 “A Mechanical Man” (p. 397)
The Steel Tsar (1981)

“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”

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“Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.”

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1990s

“If someone gives money to Apollonius, and the giver is someone considered respectable, he will take the money if he needs it. But he will not accept a fee for philosophy even if he does need it.”

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