"Human rights without responsibility, without a sense of decency, a sense of compassion, is not good enough for a society to flourish... We need to broaden our scope from the legalistic language to the language of the heart."

-- Tu Weiming

#Heart Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other hand, religion without science is powerless because it lacks an effective means through which to actualize the ultimate reality. Science and religion must work together harmoniously.”

Source : Masao Abe (2003). “Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought”, p.55, University of Hawaii Press
“I never left you; I never will leave you. While life lasts, and beyond, I am here.”

Source : Marion Zimmer Bradley (2007). “Lady of Avalon”, p.454, Penguin
“I hate all that woozy political and psychotherapeutic crap applied to books and art.”

Source : "Surfing into the Sunset". Interview with Sarah Douglas, www.vanityfair.com. October 24, 2012.
“Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o'things”
“Life is interesting. Non-life, not so much.”
“Well, letâ€™s start with the maxim that the best writing is understated, meaning itâ€™s not full of flourishes and semaphores and tap dancing and vocabulary dumps that get in the way of the story you are telling. Once you accept that, what are you left with? You are left with the story you are telling. The story you are telling is only as good as the information in it: things you elicit, or things you observe, that make a narrative come alive; things that support your point not just through assertion, but through example; quotes that donâ€™t just convey information, but also personality.”
“Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework.”
“It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.”

Source : Robert Evans (2006). “The Kid Stays in the Picture”, p.282, Phoenix Books, Inc.

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