"The best time to give advice to your children is while they're still young enough to believe you know what you're talking about."

-- Evan Esar

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“Being yourself is fun because you're one of a kind and no one else can be you.”
“When I became a mature woman, I put both feet firmly on the side of maturity.”
“The question has often been asked; Is Buddhism a religion or a philosophy? It does not matter what you call it. Buddhism remains what it is whatever label you may put on it. The label is immaterial. Even the label 'Buddhism' which we give to the teachings of the Buddha is of little importance. The name one gives is inessential.... In the same way Truth needs no label: it is neither Buddhist, Christian, Hindu nor Moslem. It is not the monopoly of anybody. Sectarian labels are a hindrance to the independent understanding of Truth, and they produce harmful prejudices in men's minds.”

Source : Walpola Rahula (2014). “What the Buddha Taught”, p.17, Oneworld Publications
“I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?”

Source : "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 16, 1991.
“I quite like being removed from the industry stuff so that when we're not on tour and we're writing, we're in a small room and you can't get out physically. I like that mental checking-out aspect - I think it's quite nice.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Iâ€™ve been looking at oil paintings from oriental artists lately, and the one artist whoâ€™s inspired me right now is a man named Hokusai and Iâ€™ve had his book by my bed looking at how he interprets landscapes â€“ mountains and water and flowers and birds.”
“You've got to play for whoever you play for.”
“One of the problems and the reason why Carolyn [Maloney ] wrote the book, the Rumors of Our Progress Have Been Greatly Exaggerated is that some people think we have made it when we have not and there's much to be done.”

Source : Source: www.blogher.com

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