"We're looking at a huge gap between what an entire generation thinks is going to happen during its retirement years and the funds that are there - or, more accurately, are not there - to make good on all those promises."

“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”

“At the descriptive level, certainly, you would expect different cultures to develop different sorts of ethics and obviously they have; that doesn't mean that you can't think of overarching ethical principles you would want people to follow in all kinds of places.”

“Good people are always so sure they're right.”

“Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.”

Source : Mahathir bin Mohamad (2002). “Reflections on Asia”, Pelanduk Publications Sdn Bhd

“I know what to do when they give me the ball. I know what to do to give this team a chance to win.”

“In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.”

Source : Gertrude Jekyll (1913). “Wall and Water Gardens: With Chapters on the Rock-garden and the Heath-garden”

“Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.”

“Sometimes Thomas Mackee will stick an earphone into my ear and ask me to listen to a song. When I get over the revulsion of putting something in my ear that's been in his, I sit back and let the music take over, and for a half hour there's something comforting about someone's heart beating at the same rhythm as mine.”

Source : Patrick Carman (2011). “The Land of Elyon #4: Stargazer”, p.25, Scholastic Inc.