"Instead of jumping at the chance to be offended, choose to be amused. Rather than filling your thoughts with resentment, fill your heart with forgiveness."

“So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing?”

“Boys do not leave their boyhood behind when they leave off their school uniform.”

“I was like, "Everybody sees my characters. Nobody sees me!"”

“What we agree with leaves us inactive, but contradiction makes us productive.”

“I'm regularly asked, 'What's a good voice?' I often answer, 'One that I don't notice'. I would also add, one which makes me notice things about a spoken text”

“Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.”

“Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it.”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (2012). “Exploring Buddhism”, p.179, Routledge

“You can bet the rent money that whatever politicians do will end up harming consumers. ... Economic ignorance is to politicians what idle hands are to the devil. Both provide the workshop for the creation of evil.”