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Nachman of Breslov

Nachman of Breslov (April 4 1772 – October 16 1810), known as Reb Nachman of Breslov or simply as Rebbe Nachman, was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty.

Transliterator note: In the Ashkenazi and Yiddish tradition, the Hebrew is pronounced in mil'el'', with stress on the next to last syllable, unlike traditional Hebrew. Additionally in that Yiddish tradition some, not all, tavs are changed to the 'th', or 'soft T', sound. The transliterations here are not presented in this manner, but rather are presented with accurate and accepted Hebrew transliteration, with "tav" transliterated to "t", not "th".''

Attributed

 * לעולם אל יהא אדם זקן. לא צדיק זקן ולא חסיד זקן. הזקנה מידה מגונה היא, חייב אדם להתחדש תמיד, מתחיל וחוזר ומתחיל
 * L'olam al yehe adam zaken, lo tzadik zaken v'lo hasid zaken. Hazikna mida meguna hi, hayav adam l'hithadesh tamid, mathil v'hozer u'mathil
 * One must never be old, neither an old saint nor an old follower. Being elderly is a vice; a man must always renew, begin and go back and begin anew

 * יש מפורסמים שעיקר הפרסום שלהם נעשה על ידי מחלוקת
 * Yesh mefursamim sh'ikar hapirsum shelahem n'ase al yedey mahloket.
 * Some famous people owe their fame to controversy.

 * הִנֵּה הַכּל אוֹמְרִים, שֶׁיֵּשׁ עוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְעוֹלָם הַבָּא

וְהִנֵּה עוֹלָם הַבָּא אָנוּ מַאֲמִינִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ עוֹלָם הַבָּא אֶפְשָׁר יֵשׁ גַּם עוֹלָם הַזֶּה גַּם כֵּן בְּאֵיזֶה עוֹלָם כִּי בְּכָאן נִרְאֶה שֶׁהוּא הַגֵּיהִנּוֹם כִּי כֻלָּם מְלֵאִים יִסּוּרִים גְּדוֹלִים תָּמִיד ואמר שאין נמצא שום העולם הזה כלל. — ליקוטי מוהר״ן ח״ב – תורה קיט

ein shum yeush baolam clal
 * Hakol omrim sh'yesh olam hazeh v'olam haba. V'hine, ba'olam habah anu ma'aminim sh'yeshno, efshar sh'yesh olam hazeh b'eize olam, ki kan nir'a sh'hu ha'geheinom, ki kulam m'le'im yisurim gedolim tamid, v'amar she'ein nimtza shum olam hazeh klal.
 * Everybody says there is this world and the coming world. Behold, here is the coming world -- we believe that the coming world exists; perhaps this world also exists in some place, because here it looks like hell, for everybody is full of great afflictions all the time (and he said that this world does not exist at all). — Likutei Moharan II 119
 * אין שום יאוש בעולם כלל
 * 'אין יאוש בעולם כלל''
 * Ein ye'ush ba'olam klal.
 * There is no despair in the world.

 * אם אתה מאמין שיכולים לקלקל, תאמין שיכולים לתקן
 * Im ata ma'amin sh'ykholim lekalkel, ta'amin sh'yecholim letaken.
 * If you believe breaking is possible, believe fixing is possible.

 * כל העולם כולו גשר צר מאוד, והעיקר - לא לפחד כלל.
 * Kol ha'olam kulo gesher tzar me'od, veha'ikar lo le'fached klal.
 * All the world is a very narrow bridge, and the most important thing is not to be overwhelmed by fear.
 * Derived from Likutei Moharan II #48, וְדַע, שֶׁהָאָדָם צָרִיך לַעֲבר עַל גֶּשֶׁר צַר מְאֹד מְאֹד וְהַכְּלָל וְהָעִקָּר שֶׁלּא יִתְפַּחֵד כְּלָל
 * "...Now know, a person needs to pass over on a very, very narrow bridge, and the rule and the essence is to not be afraid at all..."

 * זכור תמיד: השמחה איננה עניין שולי במסעך הרוחני – היא חיונית''
 * Z'khor tamid: ha'simha einena 'inyan shuli b'masa'akh ha'ruhani - hi hyunit.
 * Always remember: happiness is not a side matter in your spiritual journey - it is essential.

 * היום אתה חש מרומם. אל תתן לימות האתמול והמחר להשפיל את רוחך
 * Hayom ata hash m'romam. Al titen l'ymot ha'etmol v'hamahar lehashpil at ruhekha.
 * Today you feel uplifted. Do not let yesterday and tomorrow bring you down.

 * נהוג לחשוב שהשכחה הינה חסרון. אני סבור שהיא יתרון. לדעת לשכוח, פירושו להשתחרר מכל תלאות העבר
 * Nahug lahshov sh'hashikh'ha hina khisaron. Ani savur sh'hi yitaron. Lada'at lishko'akh, peyrusho le'hishtakhrer m'kol tla'ot ha'avar.
 * It is customary to consider forgetfulness a disadvantage. I believe it is an advantage. Knowing to forget, means loosening the troubles of the past.

 * לבקר אחרים ולתת להם הרגשה שאינם רצויים – זאת יכול כל אחד לעשות. אך לרומם את רוחם ולהעניק להם הרגשה טובה – לכך דרושים כשרון מיוחד והשקעת מאמץ
 * L'vaker aherim v'latet lahem hargasha she'eynam retzuim - zot yakhol kol ehad la'asot. Akh l'romem at ruham u'l'ha'anik lahem hargasha tova - l'khakh drushim kisharon m'yuhad v'hashka'at ma'amatz.
 * Criticising others, giving them an unwelcome feeling, can be done by anyone. Uplifting them and giving them a good feeling - that takes a special gift and spending effort.

 * אני יכול עכשיו לומר כל חכמי ישראל דומין עלי כקליפת השום. - חיי מוהר"ן רצ
 * I can now say: All the sages of Israel are in my estimation like a garlic peel.

 * אמר שלעתיד יהיו כל העולם אנשי ברסלב. ובל"א [ובלשון אשכנז] אמר בזה״ל לעתיד לבא וועט דיא גאנצע וועלט זיין ברסלביר חסידים. - חיי מוהר"ן שלט
 * He said that in the future the entire word will be... Breslov hasidim.

JOY
 * Disparage no book, for it is also a part of the world.

It is a great mitzvah to always be happy. (LM2 34)

It is even good to do silly things in order to cheer oneself up. (ibid)

It is good to set aside a specific time everyday to be heartbroken and to speak out all ones problems before God, but the rest of the day be only happy. (ibid)

The essential joy comes from mitzvot. (LM 30:5)

PRAYER

Hisbodedus, personal prayer before God, is greater than anything else. That is, a person should set aside at least an hour or more everyday to seclude himself from others and speak to God in his own language. (LM2 25, see “outpouring of the soul” translated by Aryeh Kaplan)

A person needs to scream to his father in heaven with a powerful voice from the depths of his heart. Then God will listen to his voice and turn to his outcry. And it could be that from this act itself, all doubts and obstacles that are keeping him back from true service of Hashem will fall from him and be completely nullified. (LM2 46)

And know that it’s not enough to have yearnings [for God] in the heart alone, for a person needs to bring all his yearnings out into words. (LM 31)

When a person has a yearning for something and he brings it out into words, a soul is created. This soul flies in the air and reaches another person thereby awakening in him too a yearning. (Ibid)

Behold! Precious is the sigh (called ‘krechtz’) from a Jewish person (LM 8)

When one prays with all his energy as in “my entire essence speaks…” (tehilim 35), the energy (co’ach) that he enters into the words are the 28 (co’ach) letters which the world was created with. The 10 sayings of creation receive their energy from these 28 letters. The words that come out of this persons’ mouth are then actually the words of Hashem, as in the verse “I will place my words in your mouth” (Isaiah 51). (LM 48)

Prayer depends on the heart, A person should put all of his heart into it, so that it shouldn’t be in the aspect of “With their lips they honor me but their hearts are far from me.” (Isaiah 29) (LM 49)

Everyone awakens and merits to pray with kavana for some portion of the prayer, in accordance with his qualities. Therefore, a person should not become disheartened if he sees that he has merited to pray some part of the prayer with some degree of kavana, but then it suddenly ends, and he can no longer pray properly, no matter what he does – for that is how it is. He should then try to pray the rest of the prayer with complete simplicity. And even if at times he tires himself out but is unable to pray at all – nevertheless, he should not be disheartened by this. For it is an important principle that he must not become disheartened no matter what, even if something comes over him, and even if he is unable to pray at all. He should simply force himself nevertheless to recite the words of the prayer in complete simplicity, exactly like a young schoolchild. And he should recite on and on, in complete simplicity. In most cases, he will merit, by God’s mercy, to awaken from this, until his heart is once again filled with fervor, and he suddenly begins to pray with passion. But one should not put this to the test. (Sichot HaRan)

ENCOURAGEMENT AND TESHUVA

When a person enters into service of Hashem and sees it is so hard for him, and it seems as if they are distancing him from above and not allowing him at all to enter, he should know that all this feeling of being “distanced” is truthfully only his being “drawn near”. He must remain very very strong not to be discouraged even if many years of hard work go by and he still feels that he is very far and that he didn’t even begin to enter into the gates of holiness, for he sees that he is full of materialism, evil thoughts and the like, and every time he tries to do something holy it is so hard for him and all his crying and pleading with God seems to be going to waste… On all this he needs great courage not to pay attention to these delusions at all. Because all this “distancing”, in truth, is only his “drawing near”, and all the great tzaddikim had to go through this kind of experience before they reached their level. (LM2 48)

You need to have great stubbornness in the service of Hashem (ibid)

And know! A person has to pass a very very narrow bridge, the main thing is to have no fear at all (ibid)

There is no despair in the world! (LM2 78)

If you believe that you can destroy, believe you can fix. (LM2 112)

You need to greatly encourage yourself in His service as much as you can, even if you are the way you are, you should rely on His abundantly great mercy which is beyond limit, for certainly he will not forsake you, no matter how badly you’ve acted. The past doesn’t exist. The main thing is that from now on you honestly resolve not to do it again. (LM2 49)

This is a great principal in Avodas Hashem – That a person has to begin everyday anew. (LM 261)

When a person falls from his level he should know that it’s heaven-sent, because going down is needed in order to go up, therefore he fell, in order that he arouses himself more to come close to Hashem. Advice for him - Begin anew to enter into service of Hashem as if you have never yet even begun (Ibid)

Whenever a person rises from one level to the next, it necessitates that he first has a descent before the ascent. Because the purpose of any descent is always in order to ascend. (LM 22)

There is a lot to talk about here (in the above topic). Because each person who fell to the place where he fell thinks that these words weren’t spoken for him, for he imagines that these ideas are only for great people who are always climbing from one level to the next. But truthfully, you should know and believe, that all these words were also said concerning the smallest of the small and the worst of the worst, for Hashem is forever good to all. (Ibid as quoted in LE)

It is a great thing for a person to still have an evil inclination because then he is able to serve Hashem with the evil inclination itself. That is, to take all of the fire in his heart and channel it towards service of Hashem. For example, to pray with fiery passion of the heart, etc. For, if there is no evil inclination in a person his service cannot be complete. (LM2 49)

A person must know that “Gods glory fills the entire world” (Isiah 6), and “There is no place void of Him” (Tikunei Zohar), and “He fills all worlds and surrounds all worlds” (Zohar)… even in the most defiled places there is godliness, for He gives life to everything as it says, “And you give life to everything” (Nechemia 9). So even if a person is stuck in the lowest of places he cannot excuse himself and say “I cannot serve Hashem here because of all the thickness and materialism that attacks me always,” for even there you can find Him and cling to Him and do complete teshuva, “For it is not far from you” (devarim 30), only that in this place there are many garments.”(LM 33)

This is the Tikun Haklali, the complete fixing. Whoever destroys his sexual impulse, it will be easy for him to get rid of his other evil desires. For all other impulses stem from this one. (LM 36)

Anyone who wants to enter into the service of Hashem, the only way possible is to be like Avraham who considered himself to be the only one in the world. That is, he should not pay attention to anyone who is preventing him from coming close to Hashem, whether it be his father, mother, in-laws, wife, children, etc. or anyone else in the world who mocks him and tries to prevent him from serving Hashem. He should not pay attention to them at all, rather he should follow the verse “Avraham was one” (Yichezkel 32) As if he is the only one in the world. (LM2 inserted after intro)

“Even when people are serving Idolatry, nevertheless, deep down, they are all submissive to G-d and serving Him, only it is taking place in a greatly concealed realm.” (LM 56)

“There are two concealments. When Hashem is hidden in one concealment it is certainly very hard to find Him, but nevertheless, since it is only one concealment a person is able to exert himself and to dig until he finds Him, for at least he knows that Hashem is hidden. However, when Hashem is hidden in a concealment within a concealment, that is, the concealment itself is hidden from the person, in other words, he has no idea that Hashem is hidden from him, then it is completely impossible to find Him, for he doesn’t even know that Hashem is hidden.” (LM 56)

“But truthfully, even in all the concealments, even in the concealment within a concealment, certainly even there Hashem is enclothed. For certainly there is absolutely nothing that doesn’t contain in it the life-force of Hashem, for without His life-force it would not have any existence at all. Therefore, certainly, in all things, all deeds, and all thoughts, Hashem is, so to speak, enclothed within. Even if, G-d forbid, a person sins and does something against the will of Hashem, nevertheless, there is certainly the life-force of Hashem within that thing, only it is greatly concealed and constricted. (LM 56)

“You should know. The torah which is enclothed within the concealment within a concealment is a very high torah; the secrets of the torah. Since it needs to enclothe itself in these low places, by those who have sinned a lot until Hashem became concealed from them in a concealment within a concealment, Hashem decided not to place there simple torah, in order that the evil should not be able to draw strength from there too much, which will cause much defect. Therefore He concealed and enclothed within there specifically very high torah, the secrets of torah, which is Hashems Torah itself. This is as it says with regards to Egypt (Shemot 12) “I will pass through the land of Egypt, I and not an angel, I and not a messenger, I, Hashem and no other.” For in the land of Egypt, the place of much evil, specifically there, Hashem himself is hidden and enclothed, that is, Hashems Torah itself, the secrets of Torah. Therefore specifically in the concealment within a concealment, even though one cannot find Hashem, his knowledge and belief alone that Hashem is hidden there, turns the concealment around into a great revelation and the secrets of torah are revealed.” (LM 56)

TEHILLIM

Someone who wants to merit to do teshuva (repentance) should make it a practice to say tehillim (LM2 73)

A person should find himself within the words of tehillim (LM2 125) Tehillim was written with Divine Inspiration and includes within it each individual’s personal struggle, whatever he may be going through at any given time.
 * (Explanation of above from Hishtaqpchut Hanefesh 1)

MIKVEH

Immersion in a mikveh redeems a person from all hardships, and purifies from all impurities and from all sins, for the mikveh draws down extremely lofty awareness and supernal kindness and compassion. (LM 56)

SIMPLICITY

Philosophies and intellectual wisdoms are not needed at all. Only pure and simple faith. Because too much sophistication can greatly damage a person. (LM2 78, also see story of the Sophisticate and the Simpleton in Rebbe Nachman's Stories)

Sometimes, when a person gets too caught up in philosophies and sophistication, he needs to purposely free himself of his mind and do things which make him seem silly, to ”Be crazy with love” (Proverbs 5). Meaning, in his love for Hashem he does things which make him seem crazy. (LM2 5)

A person shouldn’t take upon himself added stringencies, as our Rabbis taught ‘The torah was not given to angels.’ This can make him fall from his service of Hashem. The greatest wisdom of all wisdoms is not to be wise at all, rather to be pure and honest with simplicity. (LM2 44)

HOLY CHUTZPAH

You need to know that just as evil arrogance is a very bad character trait, so too a person needs to have holy arrogance. Because it is impossible to come to the true tzaddikim or to draw near to holiness without arrogance as our rabbis taught, “Be bold as a leopard” (LM 22:11)

A person needs holy arrogance, holy chutzpah. He should be bold as a leopard against the people who are preventing him and mocking him. He shouldn’t subjugate himself before them, and he shouldn’t be embarrassed in front of them at all. Even though it seems that they are tzaddikim and they are better than him, and even if it is true that they are better than him, even so, since his intentions are for heaven, and they want to confuse him, and block him from the path of life, he needs to strengthen himself with holy arrogance against them. And even against ones own Rabbi a person needs this boldness, in order to be strong to say whatever he needs to and not be embarrassed. On this it is said, “a timid person cannot be a learned person.” (LM 271)

SHULCHAN ARUCH

It is incumbent upon every single Jew to study Halacha (Jewish law) every day without allowing a single day to pass without it. Even if he is held back for he didn’t have time, he should study at least one section of “Shulchan Aruch” no matter which one, even if it is not in the place he is holding during his usual order of studies. For a Jew must learn at least some law in Shulchan Aruch every single day, all the days of his life. If he is not held back due to extraneous circumstances, he should have a set study in Shulchan Aruch each and every day in order, from the beginning to the end. When he finishes he should go back and do it again. So he should accustom himself his entire life. For it is a very very great fixing of the soul. (SH 29)

SONG AND DANCE

When there are harsh judgments on the Jewish people, God forbid, through dancing and clapping ones hands, the judgments are sweetened (LM 10:1)

When one sings the words of prayer and the song resonates with great clarity and purity, he enclothes the shechina (divine presence) with luminous clothing (LM 42)

When we clap our hands during prayer it awakens the 28 letters that the world was created with which parallel the 28 joints in the hands. Through this we have power to purify the air of the nations, to dispel the impure air and replace it with the pure air of the Land of Israel (LM 44)

It is a great thing to hear music from a holy person playing on an instrument for the sake of heaven. Because through this, false fantasies are dismissed, the spirit of depression is dispelled, and the person merits happiness. Through this the memory is preserved, that is, the memory of the world to come, and a person is able to understand the hints that Hashem is constantly hinting to him everyday. Furthermore, through this a person can reach the level of the spirit of prophecy and divine inspiration, and he will be able to pour out his heart like water before Hashem. (LM 54)

LOVE YOUR FELLOW LOVE YOURSELF

Know! You need to judge every person favorably, even someone who is completely wicked, you need to search and find any little bit of good. By finding in him a little good and judging him favorably you actually bring him over to the side of merit and you can return him in teshuva (LM 282)

A person also needs to find in himself a little bit of good. Because no matter how low a person is, how can it be that he didn’t do one good thing in his entire life? (ibid)

Every single Jew has a point in them that is uniquely precious. And it is with this point that he bestows upon, enlightens, and arouses the heart of others. We all need to accept this arousal and this unique point from each other. As it says, “And they receive one from another” (Isaiah 3). (LM 34)

Every single Jew has in him a portion of God above. (LM 35)

PERSONAL REDEMPTION AND ENLIGHTENMENT

When a person knows that everything that happens to him is for the best, this is a taste of the world to come. (LM 4)

Know that the primary essence of exile is only our lack of belief. (LM 7)

Gan Eiden and Geihinom are literally in this world. (Ibid 22)

A Jewish person needs to always look at the wisdom within everything in order that it will enlighten him so that he can come close to God through each thing. Because this wisdom is a great light and it will enlighten all his ways. (Ibid 1)

Whoever breaks free from the lust for food can become a miracle worker. But someone who is stuck in this desire it is a sign that he is a liar. Even a Tzaddik who already freed himself from all desires and then falls back into the desire for food, it must be that something false left his mouth. It also shows that there is Judgment upon him from above and it is a sign of poverty. (LM 47)

Every single Jew is a portion of God above, and the essence of Godliness is in the heart. This godliness, which resides in the heart of a Jewish person, is infinite, for the light of its flame reaches infinity, that is, his yearnings and desires are without end or limit. (LM 49)

Just as God constricted his infinite light in creating the world, for due to the greatness of the light there was no room for creation, so too a person needs to constrict the infinite light of his heart in order to serve God in measure and in steps, for if the light would remain unconstricted it would be impossible to serve Him. So it turns out, in both cases, that this “constriction” of the light actually makes room for its own “revelation.” (ibid)

The Blessed Holy One constantly constricts his godliness from utmost infinity to the most finite center point of this physical world and he sends to each person thought, speech and deed according to the person and according to the time and place. He enclothes within the thought, speech and deed, hints, in order to bring the person close to his service. Therefore a person needs to delve his mind into this and expand his consciousness in order to understand what the hints are in their details which Hashem is sending to him in the thoughts, words, and deeds of this day according to the specific circumstances he finds himself in. In business or work and in everything that Hashem sends to him each day he needs to delve and expand his mind in it, in order to understand the hints of Hashem. (LM 54)

THE TZADDIK

“A chidush (novelty) like me never existed in the world.” (quoted in CM)

“I am a river that purifies all stains.” (ibid)

“I am a beautiful and wondrous tree with great awesome braches, but below I am set firmly in the ground.” (ibid)

Rebbe Nachman would often tell his students about the great level that he reached in order to get them jealous and inspire them to serve Hashem like he does. One time someone responded to him, “Who can possibly reach the level of the Tzaddkim like yourself, certainly you were all created with really great souls.” Rebbe Nachman answered him in a stringent manner; “This is the main problem with you all, that you think the greatness of the Tzaddikim are due to their high level of soul, that is not true, every single person can reach my level and be exactly like me. It all depends on effort and honest work.” (sichos haran 165)

The world says that a person doesn’t need to seek greatness. I say that you must certainly seek greatness. Investigate and seek out only the greatest Tzaddik. (SH 51)

Conceptions of Godliness are only possible to grasp through many constrictions. Therefore a person should search very much for a proper teacher who is able to explain things and make these lofty concepts understandable, for this a person needs a tremendously great teacher who is able to explain such lofty concepts on a simple level enabling small-minded people to understand. The smaller a person is and the further away from Hashem he is, the greater teacher he must find, just as the sicker a person is the greater doctor he needs. Much prayer is needed to find a teacher like this, but one must never lose resolve and settle for mediocrity. (LM 30)

“The whole world needs me. You (my students) already know how much you need me, however, even all the Tzaddikim need me, for they too need to be benefited. All the nations of the world need me as well.” (quoted in CM) Our Rabbi of blessed memory already assured us during his lifetime, and designated two kosher witnesses on this, that when he passes away, when [people] come to his grave and give a pennace to charity (*) and say these then tehilim/psalms that we have recorded for remedy for nocturnal emission, Heaven spare us, then our Rabbi himself will span the length and width [of the universe], and will surely save this person. And he said, that he will pull him out of Gehinom/hell by his peyot/sidelocks, even regardless of how that person be, and even regardless of what happened, only from now on he must accept on himself to not return to his wicked ways, Heaven forbid. And the night before he passed away he said: "What do you have to worry about, since I go before you; and if the souls who did not know me at all, look forward to my tikunim/remedies, all the more so [should] you" etc. (And likewise even those who were not priveleged to know our Rabbi of blessed memory during his lifetime, when they come to his holy grave and rely on him and learn his holy books and accustom themselves to walk in his holy ways that are mentioned in his holy books, surely they have on what to rely. Fortunate are they! Fortunate is their portion! "And none of them that take refuge in Him shall be desolate" [Ps. 34:23], for he already revealed his mind in several terms, explicitly and by hint, that all that he is involved in with us is not only for us, but with "those who are here...and with those who are not here" [Deut. 29:14], as explained further below (see Sichot Haran 209).)   (*) Printer's comment [Rabbi Natan]: I heard from Rabi Naftali z"l, who was one of the two witnesses who Rabbeinu z"l designated on this matter, i.e. Morein Harav Aharon z"l and Harav Rabi Naftali as mentioned, that Rabeinu z"l said it then in these words: "When they come to my grave and give a pennance to charity for my sake (he means, for remembrance of his holy soul, as commonly practiced), ..." and in Yiddish: "in vet gebin apruta tzedaka fun maynit wegin etc"/and will give a pennace of charity for me." (Chayei Moharan 225)

Rebbe Nachman said that all the teachings and sayings of his are not only for us. Rather, “for those who are here standing with us today and for those who are not here with us today” (devarim 29:14). In other words, it is for the generations that are yet to come. He spoke to us about this many times and he hinted to us in his words to make it known to the future generations… One time when he told us about passing on everything that happened with us and everything we heard from him to our children he said this verse with great passion like fiery coals, “You should make known to your children and your children’s children.” And he said, “Know and believe, if its possible to take one person out of the garbage dump, anyone who holds on to that person will come out as well.” (SH 209)

“My fire will burn until Moshiach comes.” (CM)

A Rav must have in him the two powers that there are in the torah, that is, “a drug of life and a drug of death” (Yoma 72), in order that it will be possible for those who come close to him to receive according to their own will, as in the Torah “the righteous will walk and the wicked will stumble” (Hosea 14). If he yearns for true service of Hashem he can receive from the Rav a straight path to serve Hashem, but if his heart isn’t pure, he can also find in the Rav something impure and be led completely astray. There are those who connect to the Tzaddik and become complete apostates. (LM 31)

Every Tzaddik needs to be both well versed in Torah and full of good deeds, for if he is not learned, our sages say, “an unlearned person cannot be a Chassid.” But a learned person alone isn’t anything, for it is possible to be a very educated and studious person and remain completely wicked, for “If he is not worthy it will be a drug of death” (Talmud Yoma 42b). Torah without good deeds is not only insignificant - it is detrimental. (Ibid)

“How could they not appose me, for I walk a new path, one that no man has ever walked before, nor any creature since the time the torah was received. Even though it is a very old path, nevertheless it is completely new.” (CM)

“There are those who are against me yet they don’t even know me at all. This is as it says in the Zohar when the torah states that Pharaoh said to the Egyptians, “Let’s outsmart the Jews.” Could it be that he went to each and every citizen to personally relate this message? Rather he entered it into their hearts.” (CM)

Since the evil forces see that the Jewish people are very very close to the end (to the messiah), and there are Jews nowadays who have tremendous yearning and passion for spirituality and godliness, such a thing that has never occurred in past generations, so the evil forces enter arguments between the tzaddikim, and they establish in the world many false leaders, and even between true tzaddikim the evil forces cause great arguments, until no one knows where truth can be found. Therefore, a person needs to plead very much from Hashem to merit to recognize and come close to the true Tzaddik. (LM2 44)

Rebbe Nachman revealed these 10 psalms to say in order to rectify the damage caused by passed sins especially those related to sexual impurity: 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150

 * “You should constantly review my teachings until you know them by heart” (CM)

 * “All my teachings are only introductions, [the main part is up to you to discover]” (SH 200)

 * It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.

 * If you believe that it is possible to break, believe it is also possible to fix.

 * And know that a person needs to traverse a very, very narrow bridge, but the fundamental and most important principle is to have no hesitation or fear at all.
 * This saying has been set to music in Hebrew as the song Kol Ha-Olam Kulo

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If you're a fan of the Foundation encyclopedists, you might want to take a look at The Final Encyclopedia by Gordon R. Dickson, which is part of the culmination of Dickson's Childe Cycle, inspired by Robert Browning's Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. In case you haven't read it, the Cycle is a long tale of the social evolution of humanity, in which the Final Encyclopedia plays a major role. It begins (story-chronologically) with Necromancer and includes Dickson's famous Dorsai series. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 07:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for adding this page and the quotes from the first episode. Unfortunately, you've added entirely too many quotes. Per WQ:LOQ, the guidance for this episode, which is only 38 minutes long, would be 3 quotes. I've trimmed it once already, but you've now added even more quotes. Please reconsider and trim it back to a more acceptable level. Thanks. ~ UDScott (talk) 00:57, 19 August 2022 (UTC)

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Martin Sheen

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez (born 3 August 1940), more famous under his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American actor and social activist. He is the father of actors Emilio Estevez, Ramón Estevez, Carlos Irwin Estevez (Charlie Sheen), and Renée Estevez.

Inside the Actors Studio (1994)

 * I love being Spanish as much as I love being Irish, and I really love being Irish.
 * My only regret about having four children is that I didn't have four more.

Progressive magazine interview (2003)

 * "Martin Sheen Interview" by David Kupfer in Progressive magazine (July 2003)

 * I learned I had to stand for something so I could stand to be me.

 * I do it because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.
 * On his activism in social justice and peace issues.

 * It is one of the only tools that is available to us where you can express a deeply personal, deeply moral opinion and be held accountable. You have to be prepared for the consequences. I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.
 * On nonviolent civil disobedience

 * Once you follow a path of nonviolence and social justice, it won't take you long before you come into conflict with the culture, with the society. You can't know what is at stake or how much it is going to cost you until you get in the game. That's the only way, and the level of cost is equal to the level of involvement.

 * I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth. The leaders are the ones who make the decisions. The soldiers do not have the choice. I support the soldiers as human beings. This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction.

 * In order to understand this Administration it is helpful to have a background in [Alcoholics Anonymous's] Twelve Step, because it is real clear to those of us who understand the Twelve Step program that these are very dysfunctional times. We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration. The proven way for this Administration to keep power is to keep us all in fear. As long as we are afraid of the unknown and afraid of each other, he, or anyone like him, can rule. It's like they will take responsibility for protecting us. It's when we take back the responsibility for protecting ourselves that they get scared. I am amazed by the level of arrogance within the Administration.

 * This supposed idyllic society we have is the most confused, warped, addicted society in the history of the world. We are addicted to power, we're addicted to our own image of ourselves, to violence, divorce, abortion, and sex. Any whim of the human character is deeded in us 100-fold. We're number one in child abuse, pornography, divorce, all of these categories; that's how we get paid back. You can't project something on someone else that is damaging that person and not become that yourself, it seems to me.

 * I am not a politician or a public servant. I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

 * If all of the issues that I have worked on were depending on some measure of success, it would be a total failure. I don't anticipate success. We're not asked to be successful, we are only asked to be faithful. I couldn't even tell you what success is.

AARP magazine interview (2008)

 * "The Completely Outrageous Passion of Martin Sheen" by Nancy Perry Graham in AARP The Magazine (July & August 2008)

 * If you have an awareness that your life is not full and that you are not yourself, that is the beginning, I think, of the journey toward spirituality. I don't have a clue what God is; I really don't. I would never, ever and tell anyone what to look for. The only thing I would say is: the journey to spirituality is the journey to your own humanity. The more human you are, I think, the more godlike you are. And that is the genius of God.

 * When a life is at stake and it's your child, you become fearless in a lot of ways. I mean, you jut become fanatic. Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic.

2010s

 * It's simple. Both the U.S. and England advance today with a victory. Win, and you're in. Our quarrel is not with them, for now. Though they did come here looking well beyond us, and we played them dead even. Now, ask yourself? Whose boots would you rather be in? Our goalkeeper got kicked in the ribs; theirs gave up something they call 'a howler'. Next, we buried ourselves. I know. But then, we made three shots heard around the world. Though the last one was drowned out by a lone, ludicrous whistle. So, who would you rather have leading by example? Who would you rather have, as your last line of defense? Who would you rather have, calling the shots? For us, it's been about a common goal. Not an automatic pass for a pack of superstars, and while our team is the U.S.? Today, you can call them 'us'. Because they've truly taken America along for the ride. While it appears England has turned on their team and vice-versa, we're winning our game. May their country forgive them if they don't win theirs. Ah, what the heck? Good luck today, we might just see you in the final. The South African journey continues. This is the World Cup.
 * United States v. Algeria (23 June 2010), 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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User talk:165.139.238.20

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User:Vinograd19

Hi, there. I'm a 20 years old russian physycist.

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User talk:151.196.98.246

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Artillery

Artillery (from French artillerie) refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. The term also describes ground-based troops with the primary function of manning such weapons.

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Наши жёны — пушки заряжёны, вот кто наши жёны. Our wives are our loaded cannons, that's what our wives are.
 * Солдатушки, бравы ребятушки, а кто ваши жёны?
 * Soldiers, you brave guys, who are your wives?
 * «Солдатушки, браво-ребятушки...», stanza 3, from «Сборник избранных песен для солдатского хорового пения» (Екатеринослав, 1893), reported in Н. Розанов, «Русские песни» (1952), p. 33

 * We looked at each other, and back across the river. There were explosions in the town itself now; the first Fascist shells were landing in the city and there was the smoke of fires. From directly over our heads, on the crest of the hill, there came swift, violent reply that deafened us and we dropped onto the ground. Our own artillery was answering. "Nice to know we got a couple pop-guns of our own," I said. "This is no place to be," said Luke. "They'll be throwing the stuff over here in a minute."
 * Alvah Bessie, Men in Battle: A Story of American in Spain (1939), p. 127

 * From somewhere the enemy artillery awoke and the shells came over- you could count them as they came. And then you couldn't count them; they fell in no regular order, one-two-three, but with a conscious knowledge of where we were- to left, to right, ahead, behind, crashing like enormous garbage cans heaved by gigantic men. The broken earth fell on us, the cracked rock spattered against the unbroken stone of the hillsides. The growing night was loud in our ears, and the men, ordered up the right slope of the ravine, were huddled in a long line against the hillside, crouching, sitting, lying flat. My rifle was smashed to pieces in my hand.
 * Alvah Bessie, Men in Battle: A Story of American in Spain (1939), p. 252-253

 * Ahead, muffled by distance, was the sound of artillery in the night- always more terrifying than it is by day, though less effective.
 * Alvah Bessie, Men in Battle: A Story of American in Spain (1939), pp. 270-271

 * In peace the cry is for mobility, in war for weight of shell.
 * Lt Col Alan F. Brooke (later Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke), The Evolution of Artillery in the Great War (1925)

 * …если угодно знать, «Войну и мир» читал… Вот, действительно, книга. До самого конца прочитал — и с удовольствием. А почему? Потому что писал не обормот какой-нибудь, а артиллерийский офицер. У вас десятка? Вы со мной…
 * …If you really want to know, I've read War and Peace. Now there's a book for you. Read it right through — and enjoyed it. Why? Because it wasn't written by any old scribbler but by an artillery officer. Have you drawn a ten? Right, you're my partner…
 * Mikhail Bulgakov,  (1925), as translated by Michael Glenny (1971)

 * When, after a three-day silence, our only six-inch battery was delivered fifty shells, this was reported by telephone immediately to all the regiments, all companies, and all the men sighed with joy and relief.
 * Gen. Anton Denikin about Russian 4th Rifle Division action in the battle of Przemyśl, May 1915. Source: Головин H. H. Военные усилия России в Мировой войне. — Париж: Т-во объединённых издателей, 1939, т. 2, гл. 7

 * Artillery is an arm equally formidable both in the offensive and defensive.
 * Antoine-Henri Jomini,  (1838), article XLVI, as translated by W. P. Craighill (1862)

 * Suddenly the fresh booming of cannon was heard. A two-story red brick building half a block down the street began to twist and buckle. With a shivering roar, it toppled and collapsed. Bricks flew in every direction. A rebel shell had made a direct hit. A lieutenant sprinted down the middle of the street, one hand on his clanking sword to keep it from tripping him. As he ran, he muttered, "That crazy, dumb Hindman! Shelling his own town!"
 * Harold Keith, Rifles for Watie (1957), pp. 152-153

 * An' as their firin' dies away the 'usky whisper runs From lips that 'aven't drunk all day: "The Guns! Thank Gawd, the Guns!"
 * Rudyard Kipling, "Ubique", The Five Nations (1903)

 * For you all love the screw-guns — the screw-guns they all love you! So when we call round with a few guns, o' course you will know what to do — hoo! hoo! Just send in your Chief an' surrender — it's worse if you fights or you runs: You can go where you please, you can skid up the trees, but you don't get away from the guns!
 * Rudyard Kipling, "Screw-Guns", Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads (1919)

 * The poorer the infantry, the more artillery it needs; the American infantry needs all it can get.
 * French General Koechlin-Schwartz, speaking to U.S. General George S. Patton on two occasions. Reported in The Patton Papers, 1940–1945, ed. Martin Blumenson; George Smith Patton (Houghton Mifflin, 1972), pp. 520-521

 * Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had.
 * Ernie Pyle, Brave Men (1944)

 * It was great pity, ... This villainous saltpetre should be digg’d Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy’d So cowardly.
 * William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, Scene 3

 * The nimble gunner With linstock now the devilish cannon touches.
 * William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act III, Prologue

 * The cannons have their bowels full of wrath, And ready mounted are they to spit forth Their iron indignation ’gainst your walls.
 * William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, Scene 1

 * What cannoneer begot this lusty blood? He speaks plain cannon, fire, and smoke, and bounce.
 * William Shakespeare, King John, Act II, Scene 1

 * I have seen the cannon, When it hath blown his ranks into the air And, like the devil, from his very arm Puff’d his own brother.
 * William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene 4

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Is there a reason you keep reverting my change to Dave Matthews? There is definitley some cleanup still neede -- the page as it stands is nowhere near up to the templates used here (see Led Zeppelin for an example on how song lyrics can be shown), it is not a stub any more, and the extra text you keep adding to the inro is unnecessary. ~ UDScott 16:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm trying to clean it up right now. I wasn't sure how to do song quotes. I think it's better then it was before I started editing it this morning. I will fix song quotes like Led Zeppelin. Thanks.

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Theo Walcott

Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989, Stanmore, London, England) is an English football player with Arsenal FC.

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 * The kid can run through puddles and not make a splash. He is lightning quick and drifts over the ground.
 * Harry Redknapp, former manager of Southampton FC, 2006 (Source)

 * I don't think the whole World Cup can rely on Theo Walcott but he can certainly come on and make a difference - and why not start him in a game or two? He is an interesting weapon because he can play wide and centrally. Then, once he is in front of the defender, nobody can catch him. He is a fantastic prospect.
 * Arsène Wenger, manager of Arsenal FC, 2006 (Source)

 * For me, it is not so surprising England chose him. In training we all notice him because he is confident and very quick.
 * Gilberto Silva, Brazilian World Cup winning footballer, 2006 (Source)

 * He is potentially brilliant, and he is going to be exciting, but potential is nothing unless you can produce it. I would think he's way, way, way, miles away from international World Cup football.
 * Bobby Robson, former manager of England, 2006 (Source)

 * I trained with the lad last season at Southampton for two or three weeks. In all the years I played there was never anything I saw on a training pitch that took my breath away, but he was doing things on the pitch that made me stand up and say 'Wow'. He could go on and make a better player than Wayne Rooney.
 * Matt Le Tissier, former England footballer, 2006 (Source)

 * He has the record on 40 metres. I think it's 4.72 seconds or something like that. Certainly Theo could have been a 100-metre runner.
 * Arsène Wenger, Arsenal manager, 2009 (Source)

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Pope John Paul I

Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus I), born Albino Luciani (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978), reigned as pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from August 26 to September 28, 1978. His 33-day papacy was one of the shortest reigns in papal history. He is remembered for his friendliness and humility, and is nicknamed "the smiling Pope".

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 * I come without five lire. I want to leave without five lire.
 * On being appointed as Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (December 1958), Luciani declined gifts offered to him by the priests of the diocese; as quoted in In God's Name (1984) by David Yallop, p. 44

This happens. Some people seize on an idea, then bury it and guard it for the rest of their lives, defending it jealously without ever examining it again, without ever trying to check what has become of it after all the rain and wind and storms of events and changes. Those who travel in the stratosphere are in danger of not being prudent, when they are full of knowledge acquired purely from books. They can never get away from what is written, are always busy analyzing, pointing out subtleties, perpetually splitting hairs. Life is quite another matter.
 * Let me give an example. It is far away in time but a classic case … In 1815, the official French newspaper Le Moniteur, showed its readers how to follow Napoleon's progress: 'The brigand flees from the island of Elba '; 'The usurper arrives at Grenoble'; ' Napoleon enters Lyons'; 'The Emperor reaches Paris this evening'. What an amazing turnabout! This must not be compared with prudence, just as it isn't prudent to have a stubborn attitude and to take no account of what is obviously real or to become excessively rigid and zealously upright, more loyalist than the king, more papist than the pope.
 * "Letter to St Bernard" in Illustrissimi (1976), p. 53

 * I am at best on the C list for Pope.
 * Remarks to journalists in August 1978, shortly before departing for the Conclave at which he was elected Pope, as quoted in In God's Name (1984) by David Yallop, Ch. 2 : The Empty Throne

 * Yesterday, a funny thing happened to me on my way to the Conclave.
 * Address to the crowd in St Peter's Square (27 August 1978), the day after his election, as quoted in In God's Name (1987) by David Yallop, p. 132

 * We wish to continue in following up the legacy of the Second Vatican Council whose wise regulations have still to be led to their fulfilment, being careful that a push, generous perhaps, but unduly timed, does not detract from the content and meaning of the council, and on the other hand being careful and reined and timid efforts do not slow up the magnificent drive of renewal and of life.
 * Address to the crowd in St Peter's Square (27 August 1978), as quoted in "Pope John Paul will continue policy of reform" by Peter Nichols, in The Times (28 August 1978), p. 1

 * We are the objects of undying love on the part of God. We know: he has always his eyes open on us, even when it seems to be dark. He is our father; even more he is our mother. He does not want to hurt us, He wants only to do good to us, to all of us. If children are ill, they have additional claim to be loved by their mother. And we too, if by chance we are sick with badness, on the wrong track, have yet another claim to be loved by the Lord.
 * Angelus (10 September 1978); in an audience with Philippine bishops on 28 September 1978, he further elaborated: According to tales told by ancient men to attain their political objectives "God is the Father." According to what we really know "God is the Mother."

 * People sometimes say: "we are in a society that is all rotten, all dishonest." That is not true. There are still so many good people, so many honest people. Rather, what can be done to improve society? I would say: let each of us try to be good and to infect others with a goodness imbued with the meekness and love taught by Christ. Christ's golden rule was: "do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. Do to others what you want done to yourself." 'And he always gave. Put on the cross, not only did he forgive those who crucified him, but he excused them. He said: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." This is Christianity, these are sentiments which, if put into practice would help society so much.
 * Angelus (24 September 1978)

They were brought out of the prison of the Conciergerie, and made to climb into the fatal cart. On the way they sang hymns; when they reached the guillotine, one after the other knelt before the Prioress and renewed the vow of obedience. Then they struck up "Veni Creator"; the song, however, became weaker and weaker, as the heads of the poor Sisters fell, one by one, under the guillotine. '''The Prioress, Sister Theresa of St Augustine, was the last, and her last words were the following: "Love will always be victorious, love can do everything." That was the right word, not violence, but love, can do everything. Let us ask the Lord for the grace that a new wave of love for our neighbour may sweep over this poor world.'''
 * Pius X, in 1906, right here in Rome, had beatified the sixteen Carmelites of Compiègne, martyrs during the French revolution. During the trial they were condemned "to death for fanaticism". And one of them asked in her simplicity: "Your Honour, what does fanaticism mean?" And the judge: "It is your foolish membership of religion." "Oh, Sisters, she then said, did you hear, we are condemned for our attachment to faith. What happiness to die for Jesus Christ!"
 * Angelus (24 September 1978)

 * Even the young are killing each other.
 * Upon hearing that neo-fascist youth had attacked other youth reading a communist paper, as quoted in "From the archive, 30 September 1978: Pope John Paul I dies of heart attack" by George Armstrong, in The Guardian (30 September 2013)

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 * Because of this virtue of his, it only took 33 days for Pope Luciani to win people's hearts. In his addresses he always referred to events in practical life, from his family memories and from popular wisdom. His simplicity was a vehicle for a solid, rich teaching which, thanks to the gift of an exceptional memory and a vast knowledge, he embellished with numerous citations from ecclesiastical and secular writers. Thus, he was an incomparable catechist, following in the footsteps of St Pius X, who came from the same region and was his predecessor first on the throne of St Mark and then on that of St Peter. "We must feel small before God", he said during the same Audience. And he added, "I am not ashamed to feel like a child before his mother; one believes in one's mother; I believe in the Lord, in what he has revealed to me". These words reveal the full depth of his faith. As we thank God for having given him to the church and to the world, let us treasure his example, striving to cultivate his same humility which enabled him to talk to everyone, especially the small and the "distant". For this, let us invoke Mary Most Holy, the humble handmaid of the Lord".
 * Pope Benedict XVI, in Angelus (28 September 2008)

In Venice, he had urged his parish priest to sell the gold and jewels which people had donated to a saint or the Virgin Mary, and to use the money to help the needy. Had he carried it out in the Vatican, it would have been a revolutionary act.
 * Pope John Paul could have been a revolutionary Pope. He already had put aside the pompous trappings which went with the Papal coronation. Almost certainly he would have seen that the Vatican's mysterious finances, and financial dealings, were made public, and perhaps set them on a more pastoral track.
 * George Armstrong, in "From the archive, 30 September 1978: Pope John Paul I dies of heart attack", in The Guardian (30 September 2013)

 * On behalf of the American people, I join people the world over in welcoming your election as Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. We rejoice in the renewal of leadership for your Church. In a world of rapid change, the basic needs of humanity remain the same: peace, justice, equity and the opportunity for life with dignity. These are still the supreme challenges that face us. Your voice and your efforts, in the tradition of your predecessors, can be an inspiration and a hope for all those who struggle to meet those challenges. I pray it will be heard and echoed by people of good will throughout the world. On this happy occasion, I extend to Your Holiness my deep respect and sincere good wishes for your Papacy.
 * Jimmy Carter; Message to His Holiness Pope John Paul I on His Election Online, The American Presidency Project; 26 August 1978

 * For my part, he was God's candidate.
 * Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, as quoted in "Pope John Paul will continue policy of reform", in The Times (28 August 1978), p. 1

 * It seems to us that only yesterday he emerged from this assembly of ours to put on the papal robes — not a light weight. But what warmth of charity, nay, what "an abundant outpouring of love" — which came forth from him in the few days of his ministry and which in his last Sunday address before the Angelus he desired should come upon the world. This is also confirmed by his wise instructions to the faithful who were present at his public audiences on faith, hope and love.
 * Pope John Paul II, in Urbi et Orbi (17 October 1978)

 * He has been the greatest gift of God, a sunray of God’s love shining in the darkness of the world.
 * Mother Teresa, as quoted in "Albino Luciani (Pope John Paul I) 1912-1978" in Southwest Kansas Register (21 September 2012)

 * Luciani began to think very seriously of becoming a Jesuit. He watched as first one, then a second, of his close friends went to the rector, Bishop Giouse Cattarossi, and asked for permission to join the Jesuit order. In both instances the permission was granted to them. Luciani would soon make his decision, and so he went and asked for permission. The bishop considered the request, then responded, "No, three is one too many. You had better stay here."
 * David Yallop, in In God's Name : An Investigation into the Murder of Pope John Paul I (1985), p. 16

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Philip Larkin

Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and librarian.

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 * Poetry is an affair of sanity, of seeing things as they are, to recreate the familiar, eternalizing the poet's own perception in unique and original verbal form.
 * Required Writing-Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 Farrar Strauss 1984

 * What was the rock my gliding childhood struck, / And what bright unreal path has led me here?
 * Lines from an early poem, letter to J.B. Sutton, 16 April 1941

 * Life and literature is a question of what one thrills to, and further than that no man shall ever go without putting his foot in a turd.
 * Letter to J.B.Sutton, 21 December 1942

 * If we seriously contemplate life it appears an agony too great to be supported, but for the most part our minds gloss such things over & until the ice finally lets us through we skate about merrily enough. Most people, I'm convinced, don't think about life at all. They grab what they think they want and the subsequent consequences keep them busy in an endless chain till they're carried out feet first.
 * Letter to J.B.Sutton 30 October 1949

 * I think … someone might do a little research on some of the inherent qualities of sex – its cruelty, its bullyingness, for instance. It seems to me that bending someone else to your will is the very stuff of sex, by force or neglect if you are male, by spitefulness or nagging or scenes if you are female. And what's more, both sides would sooner have it that way than not at all. I wouldn't. And I suspect that means not that I can enjoy sex in my own quiet way but that I can't enjoy it at all. It's like rugby football: either you like kicking & being kicked, or your soul cringes away from the whole affair. There's no way of quietly enjoying rugby football.
 * Letter to Monica Jones (1 November 1951) as quoted in "Philip Larkin's women" (23 October 2010)

 * You know I don’t care at all for politics, intelligently. I found that at school when we argued all we did was repeat the stuff we had, respectively, learnt from the Worker, the Herald, Peace News, the Right Book Club (that was me, incidentally: I knew these dictators, Marching Spain, I can remember them now) and as they all contradicted each other all we did was get annoyed. I came to the conclusion that an enormous amount of research was needed to form an opinion on anything, & therefore I abandoned politics altogether as a topic of conversation. It’s true that the writers I grew up to admire were either non-political or Left-wing, & that I couldn’t ﬁnd any Right-wing writer worthy of respect, but of course most of the ones I admired were awful fools or somewhat fakey, so I don’t know if my prejudice for the Left takes its origin there or not. But if you annoy me by speaking your mind in the other interest, it’s not because I feel sacred things are being mocked but because I can’t reply, not (as usual) knowing enough. … By the way, of course I’m terribly conventional, by necessity! Anyone afraid to say boo to a goose is conventional.
 * Letter from Belfast ( 5 August 1953) to Monica Jones

 * - to start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted.
 * Letter to Winifred Arnott, 7 October 1953

 * You can look out of your life like a train & see what you're heading for, but you can't stop the train.
 * Letter to Monica Jones, 22 October 1967

 * I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.
 * Interview in The Review, published by Ian Hamilton (1972)

 * The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse —The good not done, the love not given, time  Torn off unused—nor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never; But at the total emptiness for ever, The sure extinction that we travel to And shall be lost in always. Not to be here, Not to be anywhere, And soon; nothing more terrible, nothing more true.
 * "Aubade", Times Literary Supplement, 23 December 1977

 * The first day after a death, the new absence Is always the same; we should be careful Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time.
 * "The Mower," Humberside (Hull Literary Club magazine) (Autumn 1979) [12 June 1979]

 * Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.
 * Interview with Miriam Gross, "A voice for our time" in The Observer (16 December 1979); republished in Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces, 1955-1982 (1983)

The Less Deceived (1955)

 * But, o, photography! as no art is, Faithful and disappointing! That records Dull days as dull, and hold-it smiles as frauds, And will not censor blemishes, Like washing-lines, and Hall's-Distemper boards
 * Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album

 * And I, whose childhood Is a forgotten boredom, Feel like a child Who comes on a scene Of adult reconciling, And can understand nothing But the unusual laughter, And starts to be happy.
 * Coming

 * Only one ship is seeking us, a black- Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back A huge and birdless silence. In her wake No waters breed or break.
 * Next, Please

 * But superstition, like belief, must die...
 * Church Going

The Whitsun Weddings (1964)

 * Our almost-instinct almost true: What will survive of us is love.
 * "An Arundel Tomb" (20 February 1956)

 * The glare of that much-mentioned brilliance, love,  Broke out, to show Its bright incipience sailing above, Still promising to solve, and satisfy, And set unchangeably in order. So   To pile them back, to cry, Was hard, without lamely admitting how It had not done so then, and could not now.
 * "Love Songs in Age" (1 January 1957)

 * Get stewed: Books are a load of crap.
 * "A Study of Reading Habits" (20 August 1960)

 * Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word — the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages, Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again.
 * "MCMXIV"

 * Life is first boredom, then fear. Whether or not we use it, it goes, And leaves what something hidden from us chose, And age, and then the only end of age.
 * "Dockery and Son"

High Windows (1974)

 * The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief.Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No, they die too. Their yearly trick of looking new Is written down in rings of grain.Yet still the unresting castles thresh In fullgrown thickness every May. Last year is dead, they seem to say, Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
 * "The Trees"
 * "A beautiful animation of Philip Larkin’s The Trees", BBC (2 December 2015), Online

"This Be The Verse"

 * They fuck you up, your mum and dad.  They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had   And add some extra, just for you.

 * But they were fucked up in their turn  By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern   And half at one another's throats.

 * Man hands on misery to man.  It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,   And don't have any kids yourself.
 * "This Be The Verse," High Windows (1974) [April ? 1971]

About Larkin

 * Reprinted reviews are not, as a rule, easily acceptable, but this book of jazz criticism by a distinguished poet is a different case. For a start, the writing is as crisp as you might expect and the pieces, within their small compass, are beautifully shaped.
 * He believes the classic age was the 1920s and 1930s, an unfashionable view although I happen to share it. His great hero is Sidney Bechet, the soprano saxophonist, but his admiration in this area is widespread and he even allows white players other than Bix into his pantheon, another heresy.
 * His general thesis, a return to the human values of early jazz, is acceptable enough, but the waspish relish with which he attacks everything outside his own tastes is hysterical and in the end alienating, even to those of us who more or less agree with him.
 * George Melly "All What Jazz by Philip Larkin - archive, 8 February 1970" The Observer (reprinted 10 February 2019)
 * Larkin was a jazz reviewer for The Daily Telegraph from 1961 to 1971.

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--Jooles 00:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

"Tickling the ivories in this tough town is rumored to be a dangerous endeavor". What is the town's name and which author famously reintroduced this comical public notice?

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The English contribution to world cuisine
In the 'attributed' section is "The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip". This is a line of dialogue in "A Fish called Wanda" in which it is said by Otto, played by Kevin Kline, who is torturing Michael Palin's character. Perhaps it has translated itself to the wrong Python. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 00:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

(Also, Kline, while being in a John Cleese movie, is not a member of Monty Python) Padillah 19:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
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 * Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas.

 * Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

 * Frankly, I haven't the slightest clue who David Lettersby is.
 * #1 reason why he could not appear on the Late Show with David Letterman.

 * I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel, and incompetent comes naturally to me.

 * If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

 * If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking "Do you want fries with that?"

 * I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

 * The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack.

 * The three differences between American and British people:
 * We speak English and you don't.
 * When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play, as well.
 * When you meet the head of state in Great Britain, you only have to go down on one knee.

 * I would like to give a gift to all of my Canadian fans... (pulls out a gun and shoots Ben Mulroney in the chest)

 * If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick. (referring to Palmerston North, New Zealand)

 * Michael Palin is no longer the funniest Palin.
 * About Sarah Palin.

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New England Skeptical Society

The New England Skeptical Society (NESS) is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting science and reason. It was founded in 1996 (originally as the Connecticut Skeptical Society).

The NESS produces a podcast titled The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe (SGU). The podcast is released on a more-or-less weekly basis; first broadcast on 04 May 2005, as of 07 October 2009 the podcast is ranked 9th among science and medicine podcasts on iTunes and has an average 5-star rating based upon 1357 ratings.

Podcast

 * Steven Novella, MD: You can't reason someone out of an opinion they didn't reason themselves into in the first place.
 * Podcast #38

 * The amount of years that she will live longer than us because of her diet is directly proportional to the horror of her life.
 * Podcast #39 — A comment about Rebecca Watson's vegetarian life style

 * Rebecca Watson :What's unique about this is that he's combining 2 balls of crap together to make one huge ball of crap.
 * Podcast #41

 * Jay Novella: What logical fallacy is "Oh yeah?!"
 * Podcast #43

 * Jay Novella: If aromatherapy really worked then my own farts would kill me.
 * Podcast #53

 * Perry DeAngelis: All ornithologists are misanthropes.
 * Podcast #53

 * Perry DeAngelis:Any monkey worth his salt would give any bird a beak-flip.
 * Podcast #53

 * Perry DeAngelis: And remember, Chi spelled backward is crap.
 * Podcast #56

 * Perry DeAngelis: Thank god my skepticism has saved me from miracles.
 * Podcast #57

 * Evan Bernstein: What did we learn here? Sometimes you go with your gut. Except when you don't.
 * Podcast #59

 * Rebecca Watson:I won't mate with any of the true believers.
 * Podcast #65

 * Robert Novella: We might be outcasts but we're not misinformed.
 * Podcast #67

 * Steven Novella, MD: This is pure pseudoscience. This is slick marketing. And you can tell your mommy and daddy that I said so.
 * Podcast #71

 * Perry DeAngelis: Astrology is as vacuous as the space it worships.
 * Podcast #83

If you make a claim, however, that does not make any predictions that can be either confirmed or falsified, then science can say nothing about it. That is agnosticism. That is the difference. It can't say whether or not the "unfalsifiable hypothesis" is true, it cannot make any statements about probability, it cannot say anything — except that it makes no testable predictions. That's it. Anything else is philosophy, ideology, or wishful thinking.
 * Steven Novella, MD: Science does not make statements about proof or disproof. Rather, science is a constantly evolving model or reality that builds upon statements such as — this model of reality makes these predictions, that have either been confirmed or refuted, etc. We say things are probable or likely to be true in science if the predictions that flow from them have been confirmed. We say things are likely to be untrue if they make predictions that turned out to be false. We can further say that certain things are impossible if they create a logical contradiction.

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