"The essence of leadership is not giving things or even providing visions. It is offering oneself and one's spirit."

“Awakening is dynamic, Constantly evolving in accordance with life's realities”

Source : Taitetsu Unno (2010). “River of Fire, River of Water: An Introduction to the Pure Land Tradition of Shin Buddhism”, p.82, Image

“But you learn to smother the living breathing soul, go deaf to it, and this violence to the self is what is commonly called sanity in the places where I have lived.”

Source : Philip Ó Ceallaigh (2006). “Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse”

“I stop short of being a workaholic.”

“I've had countless jihadis shut me down straightaway and say, "I'm not allowed to speak to any woman who is not my relative." But among the few I'm able to get through to, I think that being female makes me more approachable, soft, all the stereotypes of what female means.”

“Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity.”

Source : Edward Everett (1850). “Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions”, p.41, Рипол Классик

“I'm learning that when you get out into the world and you try things, it's amazing that you'll find how strong you are when you have to be.”

“Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new identity (a new name). The boredom of spinsters and of women who can no longer find joy and fulfillment in marriage stems from an awareness of a barren, spoiled life. By embracing a holy cause and dedicating their energies and substance to its advancement, they find a new life full of purpose and meaning.”

“There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.”