If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism

I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
#quotes #dave-davies #religion #spiritual

Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
#quotes #cassandra-clare #sleeping-beauty

I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
#quotes #charles-bukowski #wish

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
#quotes #grimes #music

I've participated in meetings where there were concerns by ethical experts. There is no clear solution. ~Luc Montagnier
#quotes #luc-montagnier #ethics

Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
#quotes #paul-dirac #research #science

It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
#quotes #nicole-miller #boring #catering

Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
#quotes #leonardo-dicaprio #humanity #environment

In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
#quotes #bernard-l-schwartz #entrepreneurship #ceo #success

In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
#quotes #jon-krakauer #team #trust

Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
#proverbs #kurdish-proverbs

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #fiction #mind #reality

We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
#quotes #dick-cheney #liberty

People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
#quotes #kid-rock #people #love #hate

Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #luck

The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
#quotes #jaron-lanier #thinking #society #socialism

In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
#quotes #jerome-bruner #recognition

Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
#proverbs #azerbaijani-proverbs

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
#quotes #paulo-coelho #the-alchemist #universe #inspiration #wish

Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
#quotes #madeleine-albright #change

Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
#quotes #martin-cruz-smith #books #reading #mystery #wish

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
#quotes #gilbert-newton-lewis #life #origin

My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
#quotes #jacques-derrida #lively