"In zen, it is a cardinal sin to waste time. To waste time is to squander the here and now, which, if you think about it, is all that we have."

-- Philip Toshio Sudo

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“I was reminded of the Four Immutable Laws of the Spirit: Whoever is present are the right people. Whenever it begins is the right time. Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened. And when it's over, it's over.”
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.”
“One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.”
“I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book”
“As you get bigger, you have to learn to delegate. It's also an excellent way to get staff involved in the company's operations.”
“You need mentors, people with that desire to support women and the vision to have more. We have that in Anglo American in a big way.”

Source : "Anglo American chief Cynthia Carroll to step down next year" by Julia Kollewe, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2012.
“And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets in the aisles of grass With their clear fifing pierce the hush; And somewhere you many hear anear The passion of the hermit thrush.”
“Hops are a wicked and pernicious weed.”

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