"For a few moments, be aware of your potential for change. Whatever your present situation is, evolution and transformation are always possible. At the least, you can change your way of seeing things and then, gradually, your way of being as well."

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Source : Matthieu Ricard (2010). “The Art of Meditation”, p.24, Atlantic Books Ltd

Matthieu Ricard

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“The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.”
“I don't like programming. It's tedious.”

Source : "Why the father of PHP doesn’t like programming". DevBeat conference, venturebeat.com. November 13, 2013.
“She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met.”

Source : Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.131
“What?" "You're so neat," she said, looking almost embarrassed. He glanced pointedly over his shoulder. "There are four hundred on the other side of this door." "But you're ruining me." "I can't do it neatly?”
“I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.”
“I always write too long in the beginning, then it is a matter of going through it over and over again on subsequent drafts, looking for anything that slows down the narrative. It can be hard, cutting out parts I love, but I try to make the book as tight as possible so that the reader doesn't get bored.”
“The ash her purple drops forgivingly And sadly, breaking not the general hush; The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea, Each leaf a ripple with its separate flush; All round the wood's edge creeps the skirting blaze, Ere the rain falls, the cautious farmer burns his brush.”
“There are many individuals, companies and even countries operating in what I call a 'me first' mentality, which is effectively a purely competitive approach to life, treating the planet as if it has infinite resources and pitting one country against another for supremacy.”

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