"Balance is the natural state of life, because the basic characteristic of the fundamental element of life, pure consciousness, is complete balance."

-- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

#Balance Quotes #Fundamentals Quotes #Elements Quotes

“Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.”

Source : Ralph Nader (2007). “Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender”, p.332, Macmillan
“The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.”
“In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people... and these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.”

Source : William Robertson Smith (1907). “Religion of the Semites (Ppr)”, p.17, Transaction Publishers
“The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.”
“It requires infinitely a greater genius to make love, than to make war.”
“I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.”
“Grab something off the shelf that's on the spaceship-an ashtray, it doesn't matter what. Because I can tell you, if they flew here from another galaxy, no matter what you've pulled off the shelf, it'll be unlike anything we have on Earth.”
“A good career is a long-lasting career. When you're there in every competition doing a good job you're a part of an elite, and that's the most important thing.”

Source : "Blanka Vlasic mixes mischief with medals as she aims for clean sweep". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2010.

You may also like: