Carolina QuotesPure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof — that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation-guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Ch. 15 (Susila)
- work
- Island (1962)
- year
- 1962
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“Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof — that's a drink that…” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F90B930902. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f90b930902
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