#Eye Quotes #Blue Quotes #Water Quotes
“Even though we all might have differences, there's commonality in the sense [that] people are hard-working, people want to raise a family, people want to put a roof over their head, people want to put food on their table, people want good things for their children.”
“The memories of childhood have a strange shuttling quality, and areas of darkness ring the spaces of light. The memories of childhood are like clear candles in an acre of night, illuminating fixed scenes from surrounding darkness.”
“Most assuredly Zen is a religion, but it is a religion without scripture, without doctrine or dogma and without sin.”
Source : Howard Fast (2011). “The Art of Zen Meditation”, p.8, Open Road Media
“It's never been proven that air toxics are hazardous to people.”
“My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.”
“The more we ignore our emotions, the more likely they are to wield a powerful influence over us.”
Source : Chip Conley (2012). “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“I find it profoundly symbolic that I am appearing before a committee of fifteen men who will report to a legislative body of one hundred men because of a decision handed down by a court comprised of nine men--on an issue that affects millions of women.... I have the feeling that if men could get pregnant, we wouldn't be struggling for this legislation. If men could get pregnant, maternity benefits would be as sacrosanct as the G.I. Bill.”
“By aspiring to join the mainstream rather than figuring out the ways we need to change it, we risk loosing our gay and lesbian souls in order to gain the world.”
Anna Bligh Former Premier of Queensland
Julia Gillard Former Prime Minister of Australia
Kevin Rudd Former Prime Minister of Australia
