"In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength, our most fundamental identity. Without impermanence, there is no process. The nature of life is change. All hope is based on process."

-- Rachel Naomi Remen

#Change Quotes #Attachment Quotes #Identity Quotes

“I wanna get drunk 'til I'm off my mind. One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer.”
“Music really is our daily medicine.”
“We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land. Work will provide our people with the bread of tomorrow, and moreover, with the honor of the tomorrow, the freedom of the tomorrow.”
“When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building they must bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state, you have a cynical lie at work. Theyâ€™ve substituted a toothless â€˜freedom of worshipâ€™ for â€˜freedom of religionâ€™.”

Source : "Raising Good Men". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. May 4, 2013.
“Yes, it's funny, isn't it? You try to do what's best for the people you love, and you just end up in trouble for your efforts.”

Source : Kirsten Miller (2010). “The Eternal Ones”, p.130, Penguin
“Knowing the right questions is better than having all the right answers.”
“In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.”

Source : "Human Nature : An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective", Vol. 1, Issues 7-12, p. 47, 1978.
“I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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