"One of the things that is most striking about the young generation is that they never talk about their own futures, there are no futures for this generation, not any of them and so naturally they never think of them. It is very striking, they do not live in the present they just live, as well as they can, and they do not plan. It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for a future, none at all."

-- Gertrude Stein

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Despair Quotes

“Meditation simplifies us, simplifies us to the point where we can receive the fullness of truth and the fullness of love.”

Source : John Main (2006). “Word Into Silence”, p.17, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
“A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.”
“All the earth is seamed with roads, and all the sea is furrowed with the tracks of ships, and over all the roads and all the waters a continuous stream of people passes up and down - traveling, as they say, for their pleasure. What is it, I wonder, that they go out to see?”

Source : Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1894). “Safar Nameh: Persian Pictures”
“Your life is a reflection of how you think”
“So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf. You have been King of my glory won't You be my Prince of Peace.”
“A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise.”
“I didn't want to be the crippled songwriter or the crippled singer. I wanted to be the singer or the songwriter who was crippled. I wanted to be larger than life and a man among men.”
“A lot of the listeners don't realize that the Daytona 24 Hours is the most difficult race in the world. It's 24 hours, a lot of darkness because it's held at the end of January, so you're talking about 13-14 hours of darkness.”

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