"Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves."

-- Gautama Buddha

#Attitude Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Oxen Quotes

“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”

Source : "Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony" by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura, (p. 146), 1986.
“Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice.”

Source : Roger A. Caras (1987). “A celebration of cats”, Fireside
“The entertainment business is to business what plastic flowers are to flowers.”
“He who cannot eat horsemeat need not do so. Let him eat pork. But he who cannot eat pork, let him eat horsemeat. It's simply a question of taste.”
“Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence because it would leave the violators unchanged and the consequences of violence unremedied.”
“How fatally the entire want of humor cripples the mind.”

Source : Alice James (1934). “Her Brothers Her Journal”
“The secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.”
“Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.”

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