"What I hankered for was an account of knowledge which would do far more than get our intuitions about cases right; I wanted a kind of account which would somehow be explanatory."

-- Hilary Kornblith

#Intuition Quotes #Kind Quotes #Cases Quotes

“Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart. The practice of meditation . . . gradually works its magic in stilling the mind. (42)”

Source : Ravi Ravindra (2009). “The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide”
“As a storyteller I was influenced by the Moscow underground, where it was common to be apolitical.”
“Celebrate the Sacred in the ordinary.”
“Discipline will only teach the techniques - a great teacher gives discipline, motivation and love”
“if some folks have buried their racial prejudices, the chances are that they've got the graves marked and will have no trouble disinterring their pet hates.”

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century
“Most people when they have autobiographies, they're not autobiographies, they're biographies written by a ghost writer.”
“People have no idea how true the promise of Allah is. Put your trust in Allah, and He will see you through.”
“Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes.”

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