"And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions."

-- Karen Hughes

#College Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Asking Questions Quotes

“When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. (151)”
“The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”
“True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship. But true listening is a rare skill. Usually, the greater part of a person's attention is taken up by their thinking. At best, they may be evaluating your words or preparing the next thing to say. Or they may not be listening at all, lost in their own thoughts.”
“I always think street but train sport.”
“Will you gather daydreams or will you gather wealth? How can you find your fortune when you cannot find yourself?”

Source : Song: Sit Down Young Stranger
“You will obtain a vision of matter that is perhaps fatiguing for your imagination, but pure and stripped of what the requirements of life make you add to it in external perception.”
“On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopperâ€”all your choices should be so easy.”
“Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope.”

Source : Tami Hoag (2003). “Ashes to Ashes: A Novel”, p.71, Bantam

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