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“Without dignity there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence there are no free men.”

Patrice Lumumba (1925–1961) Congolese Prime Minister, cold war leader, executed

Letter to his wife (Congo, My Country)

“If you don’t call it art, you’re likely to get a better result.”

Brian Eno (1948) English musician, composer, record producer and visual artist

March 24, 1995, p. 83
A Year With Swollen Appendices (1996)

“It seems to me that the real problem is the mind itself, and not the problem which the mind has created and tries to solve. If the mind is petty, small, narrow, limited, however great and complex the problem may be, the mind approaches that problem in terms of its own pettiness. If I have a little mind and I think of God, the God of my thinking will be a little God, though I may clothe him with grandeur, beauty, wisdom, and all the rest of it.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher

Sixth Talk in New Delhi (31 October 1956) http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-text.php?tid=570&chid=4889&w=%22It+seems+to+me+that+the+real+problem+is+the+mind+itself%22, J.Krishnamurti Online, JKO Serial No. 561031, Vol. X, p. 155 <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Context: It seems to me that the real problem is the mind itself, and not the problem which the mind has created and tries to solve. If the mind is petty, small, narrow, limited, however great and complex the problem may be, the mind approaches that problem in terms of its own pettiness. If I have a little mind and I think of God, the God of my thinking will be a little God, though I may clothe him with grandeur, beauty, wisdom, and all the rest of it. It is the same with the problem of existence, the problem of bread, the problem of love, the problem of sex, the problem of relationship, the problem of death. These are all enormous problems, and we approach them with a small mind; we try to resolve them with a mind that is very limited. Though it has extraordinary capacities and is capable of invention, of subtle, cunning thought, the mind is still petty. It may be able to quote Marx, or the Gita, or some other religious book, but it is still a small mind, and a small mind confronted with a complex problem can only translate that problem in terms of itself, and therefore the problem, the misery increases. So the question is: Can the mind that is small, petty, be transformed into something which is not bound by its own limitations?

“If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?”

Stephen Hawking book A Brief History of Time

Source: A Brief History of Time

“Her childhood, then her adolescence, had taught her patience, hope, silence and the easy manipulation of the weapons and virtues of all prisoners.”

Colette Chéri

Chéri (1920) pt. 2

“It’s the passion that keeps me in this industry, no amount of money could make me do what I do if I didn’t have passion.”

Ann-Margret (1941) Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer

Ann-Margret shares her story about life and love https://lifestories.productions/iblog/ann-margret-shares-her-story-about-life-and-love/ (April 19, 2020)

“All thoughts that mould the age begin
Deep down within the primitive soul.”

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

An Incident in a Railroad Car

“If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit. Never quit!!!”

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman