„Death, go somewhere, get lost! I’m not done as yet –
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— Ghani Khan Pakistani poet 1914 - 1996
Reverie, st. 9
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Original: (mr) प्रयास हा प्रतिभेचा प्राणवायू आहे.
Source: These words are uttered by the lead character of his work with the same name - Sakharam Gatne.
„I am firmly convinced that Spain is the strongest country of the world. Century after century trying to destroy herself and still no success“
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„One of my chief "crimes" then, was to have wanted Iran to move from the oil age into the atomic age before it was too late. Must I blush for that? The peaceful use of nuclear energy did not create problems for radiation and contamination for us since we have vast stretches of desert…
I was accused of having adopted the plans for nuclear power stations among others for reasons of "personal ambition". Was it not obvious that I would be dead before most of these plans had been carried out? Why speak of personal ambition then? It was rather a question of forseeing Iran's needs. My "personal" ambitions are known to all men of good faith - to preserve national unity, to make the Iranian people as happy as possible and to prepare a more peaceful future.“
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Source: Tao Te Ching, Ch. 5, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992)
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Context: Let me stress most emphatically that we who were rescuing children are not some kind of heroes. Indeed, that term irritates me greatly. The opposite is true. I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.
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