Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion.
Jonathan Swift
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The sincerest love is satirized by the sincerest liars. (Zachary Robertson)
Anonymous
Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Piyadasi, desires that all religions should reside everywhere, for all of them desire self-control and purity of heart. But people have various desires and various passions, and they may practice all of what they should or only a part of it. But one who receives great gifts yet is lacking in self-control, purity of heart, gratitude and firm devotion, such a person is mean.
Ashoka the Great
I want a heart which is split, part by part, because of the pain of separation from God, so that I might explain my longing and complaint to it.
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
To shoot a man because one disagrees with his interpretation of Darwin or Hegel is a sinister tribute to the supremacy of ideas in human affairs — but a tribute nevertheless.
George Steiner
People say, "Uh-Uh, Bill, Iraq had the fourth-largest army in the world." Yeah, well, maybe, but, you know what? After the first three largest armies there's a really big f**king drop-off, okay? The Hare Krishnas are the fifth largest army in the world, and they've already got all our airports. So, who is the bigger threat?
Bill Hicks
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