"If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you."

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Source : Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.124, Harmony

Charles Kingsley

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Pay Quotes

“Ideally the point of music is community, not the player. Musicians are simply channels to link the audience to the music and to each other.”
“It's funny, we all really, really got along. I don't know how it was in years past but this year, I was really with a good group of people. No one tried to sabotage each other or steal the other ones moments.”
“For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.”
“You survived the abuse, youâ€™re going to survive the recovery.”
“If you find something that gets hold of you in the Word, pass it on to somebody that very day.”
“The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.”

Source : Elizabeth D. Samet (2007). “Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point”, p.55, Macmillan
“Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He moves well, using his senses fully. He is not preoccupied with irrelevancies. He's not thinking about his job or his image or his income tax. He is putting first things first, principally his physical security. Do likewise.”

Source : Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.14, Paladin Press
“Men who have great riches and little culture rush into business, because they are weary of themselves.”

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