Ajivika Quotes & Sayings

I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both. — Vera Wang

Being strong doesn't mean you can't be soft. Working hard to meet your goals doesn't mean you can't live. And living a certain way your entire life doesn't mean you can't ever change. Life is fluid. The only way to run yourself ashore is to not follow the change and contour of the curves. — Laurel Ulen Curtis

Ah Buddha, you boastful charlatan. You may have learned nothing after 6 years of suffering, but then what of 7 years? What of 17? What might you have learned from a lifetime of pain? [ ... ] From what I can tell, the wisest man in all these scriptures was the first person Buddha ever tried to teach - an Ajivika named Upaka. Buddha bragged to him of how he achieved nirvana, to which Upaka simply replied: "That may be so," and walked away. — Mark X.

The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show. — Dale Earnhardt

A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image. — Adrian Edmondson

For Man was a culture-bearer as well as a soul-bearer, but his cultures were not immortal and they could die with a race or an age ... — Walter M. Miller Jr.

Bind together your spare hours by the cord of some definite purpose. — William Taylor

When I was a kid and started to be obsessed by art in the 1980s, the art world was in this polarity Warhol/Beuys, Beuys/Warhol. Both expended the notion of art extremely, but in very different ways. — Hans Ulrich Obrist

Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn. — Louise Fitzhugh

Death is Nature's remedy for all things, — Charles Dickens

The extraordinary gentleness of the adult male with his young dispels all the King Kong mythology. — Dian Fossey

My nephew. He was a law student. A good Christian. He never kept girlfriends. He never missed a ceremonial meal. — S.A. David

Wayne ... " Wax said. "You know she doesn't actually like you." "You always say that, but you're just not seein' the truth, Wax." "She tries to kill you." "To keep me alive," Wayne said. "She knows I live a dangerous life. So, keepin' me on my toes is the best way to make sure I stick around. — Brandon Sanderson

The problems of our country are very fast to recognize. — Peter Bichsel

What mathematics are to matter and force, occult science is to life and consciousness, — Dion Fortune

A degree from UC Berkeley will never change the fact that I cannot understand my grandfather when he asks for more coffee." - Esther G. Belin (Navajo) from In the Cycle of the Whirl. L — MariJo Moore