"As long as we are mindful and aware, no one practice is better than another."

-- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

#Practice Quotes #Long Quotes

“One and one and one and one doesn't equal four. Each one remains unique, there is no way of joining them together. They cannot be exchanged, one for the other. They cannot replace each other.”
“So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.”

Source : "Ed Whitacre: Time for 'Government Motors' to Hit the Road". www.wsj.com. September 19, 2012.
“So, then, the best of the historian is subject to the poet; for whatsoever action or faction, whatsoever counsel, policy, or war-stratagem the historian is bound to recite, that may the poet, if he list, with his imitation make his own, beautifying it both for further teaching and more delighting, as it pleaseth him; having all, from Danteâ€™s Heaven to his Hell, under the authority of his pen.”
“Sure, there are plenty of ways to waste this day. But you now have the chance to choose to make good and valuable use of it. Now is an opportunity to create value. And that opportunity cannot be delayed until later. Now is yours to use for whatever rich and fulfilling purpose you can imagine. Stand up, step forward, and get busy making the very best of now.”
“Bettie Page was the first person to do bondage as fashion, because for her it really was all about dressing up.”

Source : Source: susiebright.blogs.com
“When your eyes are softly focused on the horizon for sustained periods, your brain releases endorphins. It's the same as a runner's high. These days, we spend our lives staring at screens twelve inches in front of us.”

Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.228, Hachette UK
“Our top priority is to relieve suffering of human beings.”
“I look for a sign. Where to go next. you never know when you'll get one. Even the most faithless among us are waiting to be proven wrong.”

Source : Jillian Lauren (2011). “Pretty: A Novel”, p.101, Penguin

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