"My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think."

-- Maurice Merleau-Ponty

#Thinking Quotes #Surprise Quotes #Teach Quotes

“Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book.”
“Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.”
“That was how I was going to get things back to normal-by working. I never thought I would use the words â€œworkingâ€ and â€œnormalâ€ in the same sentence, but I'll try anything to avoid facing reality.”
“The mantras, however, are mysterious and each word is profound in meaning. When they are transliterated into Chinese, the original meanings are modified and the long and short vowels are confused. In the end we can get roughly similar sounds but not precisely the same ones. Unless we use Sanskrit, it is hardly possible to differentiate the long and short sounds. The purpose of retaining the source materials, indeed, lies here.”
“I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God for the fact that I can share more kindness and a good quality of life through the popularity. Not for the popularity itself.”
“I know how important it is to have a helping hand. In my childhood I had difficult times because of hormonal problems. If I hadn't had support, I wouldn't have been able to fulfill my dreams.”
“You canâ€™t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.”
“In a way, a garden is the most useless of creations, the most slippery of creations: it is not like a painting or a piece of sculpture-it won't accrue value as time goes on. Time is its enemy' time passing is merely the countdown for the parting between garden and gardener.”

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