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The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him… — George Orwell
... I must say this concerning the great controversy over rifles and shotguns. The only thing I've ever said is that in areas where the… — Malcolm X
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy… — Jeff Cooper
I suspect the reason is that most people [...] have a residue of feeling that Darwinian evolution isn't quite big enough to explain everything about… — Richard Dawkins
There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man… — Charlton Heston
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do… — Richard Hamming
Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up. — Tacitus
In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of breath; fortune a… — Marcus Aurelius
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give up the thought… — Zhuangzi
Science...has become identified with a philosophy known as materialism or scientific naturalism. This philosophy insists that nature is all there is, or at least the… — Phillip E. Johnson
The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by blind chance. Superficially, the obvious alternative to chance… — Richard Dawkins
In my mind, being overdressed is not a bad thing at all. What's the worst case scenario? That you are the best-dressed person in the… — Rachel Zoe
Most people use two totally different sets of criteria for judging themselves versus others. We tend to judge others according to their actions. It's very… — John C. Maxwell
Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been… — Mark Twain
Anger is active sadness; sadness is inactive anger. They are not two things. Watch your own behaviour. When do you find yourself sad? You find… — Rajneesh
Just understand, don`t choose - don`t choose even choicelessness. Simply understand the whole situation: that whatsoever you choose, whatsoever you do, will come out of… — Rajneesh
Creativity has three layers; the ultimate is the mystic: he lives in a climate of creativity. The poet, once in a while, brings some treasures… — Rajneesh
Creativity has nothing to do with creating something, creativity is simply the presence of God. Those who are fortunate enough to come in contact with… — Rajneesh
Nothing perceivable is real.Your attachment is your bondage. You cannot control the future.There is no such thing as free will. Will is bondage.You identify yourself… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
All religions are nothing but a science - or an art - to teach you how to die. And the only way to teach you… — Rajneesh
The first thing to be understood: effort is needed, but effort alone is not enough - effort and then effortlessness, effort plus effortlessness. Effort precedes,… — Rajneesh
Just take one thing out and the whole palace, the whole edifice of the human mind collapses. Take effort out of it and desiring disappears,… — Rajneesh
If you feel just one thing in your life-that life is nothing but the gift of God-you are divine and the most courageous person. Try… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The law of balance is a law of applied consciousness. You can never change it. You will get one thing, you lose the other, you… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Become aware, awake. Then you will see that everything comes and goes, all things come and pass. Life is a flux. Your consciousness is the… — Rajneesh

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