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“In taking the everyday details of life for granted, we fail to appreciate the extraordinary fact that we are conscious at all.”
Source : Stephen Batchelor (2004). “Living with the devil: a meditation on good and evil”, Riverhead Books (Hardcover)
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“The biggest benefit in my life comes from my Segway, which I use everywhere I am. If I'm going to San Antonio, for example, I'll load it in the car and just go everywhere with it.”
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“Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.”
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“My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.”
Source : Dan Marino, Marc Serota, Mark Vancil (1996). “Marino: on the record”, Collins Pub San Francisco
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“In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.”
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“We must stop concentrating on our differences and look for what we have in common.”
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“Life is a verb, not a noun.”
Source : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1904). “Human Work”, p.203, Rowman Altamira
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“I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.”
