Anesthesia Toolbox Quotes & Sayings

If you want to change the world," he said, "who do you begin with, yourself or others? I believe if we begin with ourselves and do the things that we need to do and become the best person we can be, we have a much better chance of changing the world for the better. — Ken Robinson

What is possible is subjective. It's a matter of perspective. — Christopher Paolini

Balzac once
terminated a long conversation about politics and the fate of the world by saying: "And now let us get
back to serious matters," meaning that he wanted to talk about his novels. The incontestable importance
of the world of the novel, our insistence, in fact, on taking seriously the innumerable myths with which
we have been provided for the last two centuries by the genius of writers, is not fully explained by the
desire to escape. Romantic activities undoubtedly imply a rejection of reality. But this rejection is not a
mere escapist flight, and might be interpreted as the retreat of the soul which, according to Hegel, creates
for itself, in its disappointment, a fictitious world in which ethics reigns alone. The edifying novel,
however, is far from being great literature; and the best of all romantic novels, Paul et Virginie, a really
heartbreaking book, makes no concessions to consolation. — Albert Camus

I was a nursemaid. And it was pretty boring. — Doris Lessing

Just standing on the slope, waiting, I felt helplessly committed with the other two. I started hating the predicament, and then hating climbing, utterly and in general, and wishing myself out of it. — Peter Boardman

For dignity of character, consciousness is needed, not conscience and that's the function of meditation. Meditation does not give you any character directly. It does not say what to do and what not to do. It never gives you any commandments. It simply gives you a technique for becoming more aware, for being more alert, watchful, witnessing. — Rajneesh

You are blood. You are sisters. No man can break that bond. — Kim Boykin

The blind date that has stood you up: your life. — Randall Jarrell

Jodie Foster may continue to outwardly ignore me for the rest of my life, but I have made her one of the most famous actresses in the world. — John Hinckley Jr.

Songs really tend to connect. — Mat Kearney

A warrior of light always commits himself. He is enslaved to his dream but he is free in his steps. — Paulo Coelho

at a time, a quick move of the head, up and down, to the side and back. We have learned to see the world — Margaret Atwood

To consciously evolve, we require clear vision of a compassionate future that draws out our enthusiastic participation in life. — Duane Elgin

It is God's world still. It has been given to man not absolutely, but in trust, that man may work out in it the will of God; given-may we not say?-just as a father gives a child a corner of his great garden, and says, "There, that is yours; now cultivate it." — Phillips Brooks

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move. — Felicity Kendal