"I have not often seen much dignity in the process by which we die."

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Source : Sherwin B. Nuland (1994). “How We Die”, Vintage

Sherwin B. Nuland

#Dignity Quotes #Process Quotes

“...beauty is the projection of ugliness and by developing certain monstrosities we obtain the purest ornaments.”
“I have before seen other countries, in the same manner, give themselves to you when you are about to leave them ...”
“Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.”
“That idea of not being exactly who you write as is so crucial. Even looking at those words as I type them, it feels dirty, it feels like I'm admitting something. Unfortunately, I think that's how the conversation around nonfiction is so much of the time - either defensive or accusatory. Aha! You've been caught! But the original essence of something is always lost when it's reproduced.”
“An education without a Bible education is no education.”

Source : Clive James (2011). “A Point of View”, p.336, Pan Macmillan
“But time has a way of stealthily deciding a personâ€™s mind without her conscious knowledge, and as she studied and procrastinated, Poison found one day that she had come to know her choice.”
“No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match.”
“Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind.”

Source : Ravi Ravindra (2009). “The Wisdom of Patañjali's Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide”

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