"There's something about Saint Francis's approach to life, zero expectations but pleasant surprise. In a lot of ways he was a really conflicted person. Some people would say he's masochistic . I don't really know, but I've always loved his reverence and his mindfulness."

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Source : Source: sojo.net

Denison Witmer

#Zero Quotes #People Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“Sometimes, the stars line up, the gods smile, and love gets a fighting chance. Just a chance. That's all it can really hope for. No guarantees, no certainties”

Source : Tess Gerritsen (2015). “The Rizzoli & Isles Series 11-Book Bundle: The Surgeon, The Apprentice, The Sinner, Body Double, Vanish, The Mephisto Club, The Keepsake, Ice Cold, The Silent Girl, Last to Die, Die Again”, p.910, Ballantine Books
“Events in the early 1990s in New York City, Texas, and Florida appear to have raised, in the eyes of CBS News, for example, the question of whether religion as such is incompatible with good social order.”
“Hopefully the presence in Congress of an American who happens to be Hindu will increase America's understanding of India as well as India's understanding of America.”

Source : "Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, Poised To Be Elected First Hindu In Congress" by Omar Sacirbey, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.
“The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and over again. What is essential, and also incredibly transforming, is realizing that we have the ability to begin again, without blaming or judging ourselves, without thinking we have failed, without losing heart, we can, and need to, constantly be beginning again.”
“What do you call a planet where bad guys stroll through life with success draped around their shoulders like a Kingâ€™s cloak, while random horrors are visited upon the innocent heads of children? I call it Earth.”

Source : Jordan Sonnenblick (2010). “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, p.111, Scholastic Inc.
“It's not fair. Why won't the media leave me alone? Why?”
“Making movies is all about instinct.”
“It is by losing himself in the objective, in inquiry, creation, and craft, that a man becomes something.”

Source : Paul Goodman (1962). “The Community of Scholars, 1962”

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