Dongguo Quotes & Sayings

I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government. — Jawaharlal Nehru

I am so tired. Even the word sleep is a lure, a seduction. — Audrey Niffenegger

Master Dongguo asked Zhuangzi, "This thing called the Way - where does it exist?"
Zhuangzi said, "There's no place it doesn't exist."
"Come," said Master Dongguo, "you must be more specific!"
"It is in the ant."
"As low a thing as that?"
"It is in the panic grass."
"But that's lower still!"
"It is in the tiles and shards."
"How can it be so low?"
"It is in the piss and shit! — Zhuangzi

A great leader has brains, vision, guts, values ... and a heart. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal. — Victoria Principal

Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence. — George Washington

The CIA's offices in London were no secret to the MI6. In fact, the two agencies were practically kissing cousins. — Kenneth Eade

Playing live if the thing I love doing best. — Bob Geldof

Questioning this most dearly held core of the Dutch sense of self not only is felt as a direct attack, it also means that the nonbeliever, the antiracist killjoy, is putting himself or herself above "us," which in itself again runs deeply counter to another strand in the Dutch sense of self: "gelijke monnikken, gelijke kappen" (literally, equal monks, equal cowls), which invokes the deep egalitarian strand in Dutch self-representation. Critical self-reflection, moreover and ironically, is a scarce commodity in a culture that delights in imagining itself as "nothing," "just normal" (Ramdas 1998), without specific characteristics, much less infused with deep racializations. The point of not knowing, racial ignorance, and innocence has long passed. — Gloria Wekker

Your wit never ceases to underwhelm me. — A&E Kirk

Books are merely translations of our emotions into words that allow us to connect on an almost blood transfusion level. — Ksenia Anske