Liberty, taking the word in ...

Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.
Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.
 Simone Weil

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I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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Every time that a man has, with a pure heart, called upon Osiris, Dionysus, Buddha, the Tao, etc., the Son of God has answered him by sending the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit has acted upon his soul, not by inciting him to abandon his religious tradition, but by bestowing upon him light. It is, therefore, useless to send out missions to prevail upon the peoples of Asia, Africa or Oceania to enter the Church.
 Simone Weil
Meditation on the chance which led to the meeting of my mother and father is even more salutary than meditation on death.
 Simone Weil
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.
 Simone Weil
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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I can, therefore I am.
 Simone Weil