"Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness."

-- B.K.S. Iyengar

#Intelligent Quotes #Desire Quotes #Attention Quotes

“One will feel the same subtle nausea coming into the city or waiting to depart from it that one feels now in such plastic catacombs as O'Hare's reception center in Chicago.”
“If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.”

Source : Raphael Soyer, Walter Gutman (1961). “Paintings and drawings”
“There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.”
“It's much easier to work with an unknown.”
“Love is a dangerous angel.”
“We live in very busy times. All of us have much to do. However, we should ask ourselves often what is it that we are so busy doing?”
“How surprisingly alive false ideas are! They even have their own evolution. At first they are highfalutin' 'truths,' then humdrum 'laws,' and finally superstitions.”
“In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.”

Source : Vandana Shiva (2005). “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, p.33, Zed Books

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