"No matter how hard you pursue pleasure and success, there are times when you fail. No matter how fast you flee, there are times when pain catches up with you."

-- Henepola Gunaratana

#Pain Quotes #Self Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Fighting is all about calmness and relaxation. My appearance was all an illusion. My appearance is of a mad man, but I'm really calm and collected. Even though I'm fighting, I'm calm and relaxed as possible, despite my displays, because once you get excited, you can't fight at the highest level of your ability.”
“If I have anything, it's tenacity.”
“There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.”
“Science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion.”

Source : Interview with Brad Kramer, biologos.org. February 04, 2015.
“I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.”
“I think happy and hope is more hopeful when you acknowledge that there's awful things too.”
“Life is better when you share it.”
“I need to be looking at what's important in North Carolina, and you better believe that's what I will do.”

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