Quotes
Authors
Karen Kingston
"The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already knows you own nothing. It is a matter of realizing that your happiness does not depend on your ownership of things. They help you in your journey but they are not the journey itself." --
Source : Karen Kingston (2015). “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui”, p.50, Harmony
Karen Kingston
#Journey Quotes
#Ego Quotes
#Desire Quotes
“I will be talking with gymnasts from some of the other countries. I will be getting a feel for what they're thinking and what they're doing. It should be a really great meet”
“I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.”
“Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. Our temples are not the god-encrusted shrines of Varanasi, but Western scientific institutions like Caltech and MIT, and magazines like 'Nature' and 'Scientific American.”
“It makes sense that whatever the topic is, it's more compelling if you can provide the audience with a range of perspectives, and you can cross disciplines. And you don't have to control what people take out of it.”
“Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He would be as one on them: quiet, open hearted in the sunshine and heavy when it rained.”
“He [P.G.Wodehouse] is I believe, the only man living who speaks with equal fluency the American and English languages.”
Source : Max Eastman (2008). “Enjoyment of Laughter”, p.99, Transaction Publishers
“Just use the same quotes. It's the same story.”
“I've collaborated with artists that truly run the gamut: from members of the Wu Tang Clan and Capone, to Moby, Lady Gaga, and opening for artists such as Sheryl Crow, Jack White, and Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters, etc.”