"As our lives speed up more and more, so do our children's. We forget and thus they forget that there is nothing more important than the present moment. We forget and thus they forget to relax, to find spiritual solitude, to let go of the past, to quiet ambition, to fully enjoy the eating of a strawberry, the scent of a rose, the touch of a hand on a cheek..."

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Source : Michael Gurian (2006). “The Wonder of Boys”, p.199, Penguin

Michael Gurian

#Letting Go Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Children Quotes

“At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress with this despite minimal funding) we should be able to devise more effective interventions for those who are already ill.”
“Depend on yourself; you won't be let down.”
“But I end up with these bands who have players from literally all over the world.”
“I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.”
“The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress”

Source : John Moody, Gerhard Richard Lomer, Charles William Jefferys (1919). “The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States”
“Our sense of the free market is variable, shifting from a more welfare-oriented model after the Great Depression to a capital-driven market after the collapse of socialism as a viable alternative.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices.”
“Great spenders are bad lenders.”

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