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"Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value."
"In the conduct of almost every affair slowness and procrastination are hateful"
"I distrust all dead and mechanical formulas for expressing anything connected with human affairs and human personalities. Putting human affairs in exact formulas shows in itself a lack of the sense of humor and therefore a lack of wisdom."
"Generally our confidences move downward rather than upward; in our secret affairs, we employ our inferiors much more than our bettors."
"The affairs of music ought, somehow, to terminate in the love of the beautiful."
"In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it"
"War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely."
"I don't have a fear and urgency feeling inside myself about the state of the world affairs and everything collapsing."
"Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially."
"Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)"
"Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work."
"A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods."
"I was obsessed with Tupac - like eat, sleep, breathe Tupac. During this obsessive love affair, I dressed the part."
"Actually, if you take the average American, and studies have shown that, he is really concerned only with private affairs; that is to say, with his health, his money and family affairs."
"I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that."
"...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs"
"I don't like to meddle in my private affairs."
"[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail."
"Experience is a private, very largely speechless affair."
"Art without life is a poor affair."
