"The Aha! experience is much more satisfying when it's preceded by the huh experience."

-- Chip Heath

“I have a theory about marriage, Monsieur Boustouler. And it's that nearly always you will know within two weeks if it's going to work. It's astonishing how many people remain shackled for years, decades even, in a protracted and mutual state of self-delusion and false hope when in fact they had their answer in those first two weeks.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“A nation dies culturally and spiritually first. Its money and its army are the last to go, but go they do once the light goes out in the nation's soul.”
“The violence inherent in our systems and structures of power is a part of who we are - our thoughts, sensibilities, imaginations, language. We live in manifestations of it - permanent war, environmental destrucution, poverty, racism, misogyny, the assault on labor, torture in our prisons, capital punishment - a corporate capitalist state controlled by oligarchical interests for their own private profit and gain.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.”

Source : "I want to make the world better" by Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.
“It seemed like forever ago, like we've had this brief but still infinite forever. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.”
“Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.”
“We, more than others, should carry jumper and tow cables not only in our cars, but also in our hearts, by which means we can send the needed boost or charge of encouragement or the added momentum to mortal neighbors.”
“No matter what meditation technique you use, just let the mind slow down and begin to explore its internal surroundings.”

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