Quotes
Authors
Abraham Verghese

"The key to your happiness is to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own the talents you have, and own the ones you don't. If you keep saying your slippers aren't yours, then you'll die searching, you'll die bitter, always feeling you were promised more. Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny."

Source : "Cutting for Stone". Book by Abraham Verghese, www.sfgate.com. 2009.

Abraham Verghese

#Motivational Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Omission Quotes

“I've surprised myself and made another career change. I had a great time at Google, met lots of interesting people, but I met some folks outside doing something completely outrageous, and after much anguish decided to leave Google.”
“Dali blinked at me. "Would you mind making coffee while you're dancing? I smell it on the bottom shelf, either first or second jar on the left." I opened the first jar and looked inside. Coffee. The label said BORAX. "What's up with the labels?" Dali shrugged. "You're in the house of a cat whose job is to spy. He thinks he's clever. I'd be careful with the silverware drawer. There might be a bomb in it.”
“If olive oil comes from olives, then where does baby oil come from?”
“Iâ€™m very attracted to things that I canâ€™t define.”
“You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.”

Source : "FarmVillains " by Peter Jamison, archives.sfweekly.com. September 08, 2010.
“After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains-one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change; but the nature of the Atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it; only wash away the dross and see it.”
“In the digital space, attention is a currency. We earn it. We spend it”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 30, 2012
“I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.”

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