Anebo X Quotes & Sayings

To a very great degree, school is a place where children learn to be stupid. — John Holt

In a world in which everything bears the indelible impress of Man, it is refreshing to escape from time to time from this wall-to-wall humanisation. Hence the American enthusiasm for national parks and outdoor activities. It is seductive to see the world as though we were not there to see it. We can always dream of perceiving things as they are in themselves, without the buzz and distortion of human meaning. We can take a vacation now and then from the intolerable burden of sense-making, rather as we do when we treat human flesh as something to be mindlessly indulged. We can shuck off language and confront reality in the raw, as we imagine an innocent child might do. — Terry Eagleton

It is intolerable that the world's religions - founded on the values of love and compassion - should provide a pretext for the expression of hatred and violence. — Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Imagination is a flame that ignites the creative spirit. Imagination lights up your mind by stoking mental fires. It can be stimulated from the outside through the senses, or from the inside through the driving power of curiosity and discontent. — Wilferd Peterson

My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired. — Richard Russo

Buddhism isn't about temples, and incense, and shaved heads, and robes. It's not about church. There are aspects of Buddhism that involve that. People enjoy that, it helps them, it strengthens their practice. — Frederick Lenz

He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender. — Gabrielle Zevin

If we don't look into hope and fear, seeing a thought arise, seeing the chain reaction that follows - if we don't train in sitting with that energy without getting snared by the drama, then we're always going to be afraid. — Pema Chodron

(Its) admirable words can purchase honour; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others. — Lao-Tzu

Take time to love and be loved, for it is the greatest gift of life. — Pravin Agarwal

Nervousness kill us ... because we think we have only one opportunity that is in the Present and we don't think about the future! We loose our balance. — Vikram Roy