Balranald Nature Quotes & Sayings

Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path. — Tara Brach

The fact is that all the power in the world cannot transform someone who hates you into someone who likes you. It can turn a foe into a slave, but not into a friend. All the power in the world cannot transform a fanatic into an enlightened man. All the power in the world cannot transform someone thirsting for vengeance into a lover. — Amos Oz

Decorum
that bug-bear which deters so many from bliss until the opportunity for bliss has forever gone by. — Edgar Allan Poe

As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing global warming when human experience, geologic data and history, and current cooling can argue otherwise. 'Consensus,' as many have said, merely represents the absence of definitive science. You know as well as I, the 'global warming scare' is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making. — Harrison Schmitt

God has thickly strewn infinity with grandeur. — Alexander Smith

With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely. — Mary McCarthy

I'd make a lousy cop. I'd just wear it too close to my skin and wouldn't survive. I'll stick to acting. — Enrico Colantoni

Dyson's Law: Do ask; don't lie. — Esther Dyson

But the television news cameras couldn't get anywhere near the action, so the coverage mostly consisted of journalists interviewing each other about how little they knew. — Neal Stephenson

It's very nice to see when somebody who wanted to work hard and is willing to put the work in gets rewarded for it. — Ivan Lendl