"None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue."

-- Mary Astell

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“A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.”
“Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.”

Source : Sharon Salzberg (2011). “The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness”, p.15, Hay House, Inc
“Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.”
“Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all productive living must rest, for relationships among all the beings of the universe must be fulfilled; in this way each individual life may also be fulfilled.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.50, Open Road Media
“After the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and all the pomp and fanfare has faded, the enduring things that are left are: the dedication to excellence, the dedication to victory, and the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.”
“The payroll tax increase was destructive financially, it took what was a close call and made it a bad call,”
“Ireland really is my problem; the breaking point of the huge suppuration which all British and all European society now is”
“Nothing attracts me like a closed door.”

Source : Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.99, Pickle Partners Publishing

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