"The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking. I think the crisis was when the United States had more money than ideas. Money doesn't produce money. Ideas produce money."

-- Shimon Peres

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Giving Quotes

“A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or doesn't curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers, by all the outside things that donâ€™t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control, by who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only statistics... and STATISTICS LIE.”
“One of the most important results you can bring into the world is the you that you really want to be.”
“I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have made a decision to really stand by you as friends.”
“If we're for one another, we're feminists. The rest is semantics.”
“You know, youâ€™re pretty when you smile,â€ she said, patting the side of his cheek. â€œFierce, woman. I am fierce.â€ â€œIf you say so.”
“Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.”

Source : Paul Fleischman (2012). “Ancient Path: Talks on Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka”, p.52, Pariyatti Publishing
“It's easy to forget that your best work is done when your attention is fully engaged.”
“Is God a man with two arms and legs like me? Does He have eyes, a head? Does He have bowels? Well I do, and that makes me more wonderful than He is!”

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