Month: September 2012

Jan Glidewell

“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” Jan Glidewell quotes

Lao-tsé – 6/9/2012

Las palabras elegantes no son sinceras; las palabras sinceras no son elegantes. Frases de Lao-tsé – 6/9/2012

Milan Kundera

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” Milan Kundera quotes

Ondaatje, Michael

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if …

Howard, Vernon

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception. Howard, Vernon quotes

Cairncross, Alec

A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and …

Bok, Derek

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. Bok, Derek quotes

Zen Prayer

“When all discrimination is abandoned,when contact with things is broken,the mind is brighter than sun and moontogether, cleaner than frost and snow.” ~Zen Prayer

Winans, William M.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. Winans, William M. quotes

Neil, John

Hardship and opposition are the native soil of manhood and self-reliance. Neil, John quotes

Herbert Fenstermeim

“The question is not whether you’re frightened or not, but whether you or the fear is in control. If you say, ‘I won’t be frightened,’ …