"How much to learn if we could spend one hour, spend twenty minutes, with the us we will become! How much could we say to the us we were."

“In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy”

Source : "In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy", www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2014.

“A manager's ability to turn meetings into a thinking environment is probably an organization's greatest asset.”

“There is no better evangelist in the world than the Holy Spirit.”

“The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves.”

“The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.”

“The law should be the point at which savagery ended because civilization stood in its path.”

“Dharma is not about credentials. It's not about how many practices you've done, or how peaceful you can make your mind. It's not about being in a community where you feel safe or enjoying the cachet of being a 'Buddhist.' It's not even about accumulating teachings, empowerments, or 'spiritual accomplishments.' It's about how naked you're willing to be with your own life, and how much you're willing to let go of your masks and your armor and live as a completely exposed, undefended, and open human person.”

“If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub