"If we can develop the ability to be aware of the present moment, we can use the past as a guide for ordering our actions in the future, so that we may attain our goal."

-- S. N. Goenka

#Past Quotes #Goal Quotes #Use Quotes

“More non-fringe, non-radical homosexuals emerge into public view every day. As the stereotype of the homosexual as antisocial deviant crumbles, a (political) party or faction that tolerates gay-baiting rhetoric in the name of 'family values' makes 'family values' look more and more like common bigotry.”
“Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.”
“Life, as the most ancient of all metaphors insists, is a journey; and the travel book, in its deceptive simulation of the journey's fits and starts, rehearses life's own fragmentation. More even than the novel, it embraces the contingency of things.”

Source : Jonathan Raban (1987). “For love & money: writing, reading, travelling, 1969-1987”
“I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever.... pneumonia.... Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.”
“The God who created, names, and numbers the stars in the heavens also numbers the hairs of my head..He pays attention to very big things and to very small ones. What matters to me matters to Him, and that changes my life.”
“There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.”
“Because you can't change results - I would change my losses, and I would definitely like to see on-court coaching.”

Source : Interview with Nima Naderi, tennisconnected.com. April 8, 2010.
“The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my feet.”

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