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“I'm unemployed, and I don't believe I'm out of the NFL because I'm gay, but if it was a reason, it can hurt their livelihood, and you don't want to take that chance.”
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“Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.”
Source : Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.23, Shambhala Publications
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“What you don't want is always going to be with you What you want is never going to be with you Where you don't want to go, you have to go And the moment you think you're going to live more, you're going to die”
Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.179, Portobello Books
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“In business, there's a constant focus on developing strategies, reviewing executive performance against those strategies each year, engaging with opposing or different points of view, and having intellectual dialogue.”
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“For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.”
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“Homemade sweaters are always itchy.”
Source : "Knitters' Revenge". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Carl Kasell, www.npr.org. August 17, 2013.
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“One of the most significant facts about humanity may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to a live a thousand kinds of life but end in the end having lived only one”
Source : Clifford Geertz (1973). “The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays”, p.45, Basic Books
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“Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature. This is because Zen has come to the definite conclusion that the ordinary logical process of reasoning is powerless to give final satisfaction to our deepest spiritual needs.”