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“The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul”

Chrysippus (-281–-208 BC) ancient Greek philosopher

As quoted in De Natura Deorum by Cicero, i. 15.

“I try to do what's right for me,
But no-one sees the way I see,
And then I try to please them so,
But how far can this pleasing go?”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Destiny (1977)

“Always give without remembering and always receive without forgetting.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.”

Viktor E. Frankl book Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning
Variant: But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

“Democracy is a state in which the sovereign people, guided by laws which are its own work, does for itself all that it can do properly, and through delegates all that it cannot do for itself.”

Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794) French revolutionary lawyer and politician

"On the Principles of Political Morality that Should Guide the National Convention in the Domestic Administration of the Republic" (5 February 1784/18 Ploviôse Year 2)

“Who taught you to hate yourself?”

Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist

“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”

Osamu Dazai book The Setting Sun

Source: The Setting Sun

“I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.”

Patti Smith (1946) American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist

“There is no reality but God,
says the completely surrendered sheik, who is an ocean for all beings.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

"The Grasses" in Ch. 4 : Spring Giddiness, p. 44
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)

“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

Rumi Daylight (1990)

“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world trying to find someone to love.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

“The nigger race is inherently inferior to the white race intellectually.”

George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) American politician, founder of the American Nazi Party

1966, Interview with Alex Haley

“I believe there’s some explanation for this universe, which you might call God.”

Elon Musk (1971) South African-born American entrepreneur

Axios, season 1, episode 4 (25 November 2018)

“The Christian land, has lost his sword and shields.”

Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan

It is believed that Skanderbeg said on his death
Source: Alphonse de Lamartine (Ottoman History)

“It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

“These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear.”

Angelina Jolie book Notes from My Travels

Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador(2006)
Context: These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it?