"The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water."

-- Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

#Eye Quotes #Sea Quotes #Water Quotes

“Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr. Johnson: Why, Sir if you are to have but one book with you upon a journey, let it be a book of science. When you read through a book of entertainment, you know it, and it can do no more for you; but a book of science is inexhaustible.”
“Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages of today, twenty-five years later. Lisp freed ITS's hackers to think in unusual and creative ways. It was a major factor in their successes, and remains one of hackerdom's favorite languages.”
“I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.”
“You have two things happening: You have the cultural and economic reality of men falling apart and traditional masculinity falling apart.”
“I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.”
“Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.”

Source : Steve Andreas, Virginia Satir (1991). “Virginia Satir, the patterns of her magic”, Science & Behavior Books
“You may know the pain of possessing and dependency, reducing persons to objects, but this is not love. Love doesn't attempt to bind, ensnare, capture. It is light, free of the burden of attachments. Love asks nothing, is fulfilled in itself. When love is there, nothing remains to be done.”
“If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.”

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