"I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am."

-- Erica Jong

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Who I Am Quotes

“just sitting does not involve reaching some understanding. It is the subtle activity of allowing all things to be completely at rest just as they are, not poking one's head into the workings of the world.”

Source : John Daido Loori (2010). “The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza (Large Print 16pt)”, p.10, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Success in the long run has less to do with finding the best idea, organizational structure, or business model for an enterprise, than with discovering what matters to us as individuals.”

Source : "Success Built to Last: Creating A Life That Matters". Book by Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson, 2006.
“The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.”
“I grew up in a household that was a labor household. My dad was a Teamster and a milk truck driver. My mother was a secretary. Neither of them got through high school. But they worked hard and they gave me very, very important opportunities to go to school, get a good education.”
“A scholar has to know a little of everything.”
“I've seen many films and read lots of thrillers - and I'm always disappointed that I can guess the story before the other viewers.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“The only Black woman I ever loved is my mama.”
“I think that friendship always makes us feel such sweet gratitude, because the world almost always seems like a very hard desert, and the flowers that grow there seem to grow against such high odds.”

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