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Where It All StartedI started the riposte mailing list a few year ago and got a lot of positive feedback from it. This is a read-only mailing list which goes out each Friday morning. Here's a sampling of the types of quotes that were featured on the list in the past:
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. And if you gaze long into the Abyss,
the Abyss gazes into you."
Two habits I have never acquired are smoking and drinking. When I was a young lad, my karate teachers warned
me against both, and I have faithfully followed their admonition. 'If you happen to be with ten
companions," said one teacher, "or fifty, never forget that they may all, if they get drunk, turn
into enemies. Should you drink, always bear this in mind."
"I like a man who grins when he fights."
"Once you are really into something, you become a part of that experience, or it becomes part
of you. When you become part of the teachings, you are no longer hassled. You are no longer
separate from the teachings. You are an embodiment of them. That is the basic point."
"It was the Freeman custom to treat distant people as hostile until they threw sand
into the air." As he spoke, darkness fell over them like a curtain. Siona became
ghostly movement in the sudden starlight. "Sand?" she asked. "Thrown sand is a profound
gesture. It says: 'We share the same burden. Sand is our only enemy. This is what
we drink. The hand that holds sand holds no weapon.' Do you understandth is?""No!"
She taunted him with a defiant falsehood. "You will," he said. So if you find this interesting, you are certainly invited to get on the list! |
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