"By a quirk of culture and history, it could be that China has arrived today where many other 'more developed countries' will arrive tomorrow."

-- John Woodward

#Country Quotes #Business Quotes #Culture Quotes

“It may not always be obvious at first, but I think that everyone can make a valuable contribution if only they put their minds to it.”
“Make haste therefore, sweet love, whilst it is prime, For none can call again the passed time.”
“Refine your senses a little more each day; stretch them...your awareness will pierce deeply into your body and into the world.”
“I get butterflies just like everyone else. So I meditate for at least ten minutes before I perform. I breathe in and out slowly for ten minutes, and that literally helps me slow my heart rate and relax.”
“Healing happens between the notes. I had to allow the space and not be afraid, and to know that things happen in space. You have to let the space settle. If you let go, you transcend and experience the stillness, and that is the healing. One ingredient of health is rest. Activity comes from inactivity. The basis of sound is silence. Stillness is basic to health.”
“I heard someone say he [Carl Sandburg] was the kind of writer who had everything to gain and nothing to lose by being translated into another language.”
“Gigantic second and third growth trees are found in the redwoods, forming magnificent temple-like circles around charred ruins more than a thousand years old.”
“Chivalry is not only dead, it’s decomposed.”

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