"The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better."

“An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.”

“At no other time has Nature concentrated such a wealth of valuable nourishment into such a small space as in the cocoa bean.”

“In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.”

“As such, I also bear witness to the unexpected extent to which man is capable of defying and braving even the worst conditions conceivable,”

“Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.”

Source : Sharon Salzberg (2011). “The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness”, p.15, Hay House, Inc

“I deserved to find pleasure that surpassed my imagination, better than any I had experienced.”

Source : Eric Jerome Dickey (2008). “Pleasure”, p.20, Penguin

“Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it is clear and does not detain one's attention. On the other hand, it is difficult to figure out and hard on the brain if I write: "The tall, narrow-chested man of medium height and with a red beard sat down on the green grass that had already been trampled down by the pedestrians, sat down silently, looking around timidly and fearfully." The brain can't grasp all that at once, and art must be grasped at once, instantaneously.”

“I pinned Kurt Angle two weeks ago in that tag match...so...I think I've proven that I can hang with the Olympic Hero.”