Beingness Institute Quotes & Sayings

A person you loved has used you and hurt you, but there are more people to love, new paths to pursue, and noble tasks that only you can accomplish-for you and for your entire kingdom. If you must dwell on something dwell on that. — Kelli Swofford Nielsen

I don't believe a good poet is very often deliberately obscure. A poet writes in a way necessary to him or her; the reader may then find the poem difficult. — Lydia Davis

Thanks to Twitter, iPads, BlackBerrys, voice-activated in-dash navigation systems, and a hundred other technologies that offer distraction anywhere, anytime, boredom has loosened its grip on us at last - that once-crushing 'weight' has become, for the most part, a memory. — Walter Kirn

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood. — Aldous Huxley

We make choices every day about what will inspire us and what we will allow to get us down. — Lisa A. Mininni

Julie swallowed. "Flat Finn is on Facebook?" She'd love to see those status updates. 'Got strapped to the roof of the car today for a trip to Starbucks. Would have loved to taste caramel mocha, but can't move arms and so was forced to stare longingly at delicious hot beverage. Will the taunting never end? — Jessica Park

Republicans are manufacturing a Social Security crisis that does not exist in order to dismantle Social Security. — Diane Watson

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. — Walt Disney Company

I liked watching more than I liked being part of it and for the first time I realized that it was OK to just be an observer. Some of us were actors and some of us were the audience. Both were important roles. — Peter Monn

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization. — Joss Whedon

There is no one alive who has not wanted to go back to sleep. — Elizabeth Lesser

What you call man is time. — Terence McKenna

In the present age doubt has become immune to faith and faith has dissociated itself from doubt. — Gabriel Vahanian