Botchok Delos Quotes & Sayings

Then, if you bring a certain kind of open, moment-to-moment, nonjudgmental awareness to what you're attending to, you'll begin to develop a more penetrative awareness that sees beyond the surface of what's going on in your field of awareness. This is mindfulness. Mindfulness makes it possible to see connections that may not have been visible before. But seeing these connections doesn't happen as a result of trying - it simply comes out of the stillness. — Peter M. Senge

There are three crucial things which must be monitored regularly. In order of importance, they are 1) investment returns relative to your financial plan requirements, 2) your asset allocation, and 3) the quality of your investments. But just how often should you review those things? The answer is, "It depends. — Greg Phelps

History tells us what people do; historical fiction helps us imagine how they felt. — Guy Vanderhaeghe

In teaching, regard must be had to the faculties possessed by the pupil. In childhood, memory; in youth, the understanding; in mature life, the reason is the predominating faculty. — Joseph P. Bradley

There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world. — Ann Radcliffe

I read somewhere that writers, as they get older, become more and more perfectionist. Which may be because they think more highly of themselves and they worry about their reputations. I think there's some truth to that. — Tom Wolfe

Payment or financial support provided to ministers, pastors, church conferences, and religious organizations should be considered gifts. — Terrence Jameson

The customer is always right! John Wanamaker must be turning in his grave. If you're a customer today, you're an intruder. — Cleveland Amory

He found on the spot the image of his recent history; he was like one of the figures of the old clock at Berne. THEY came out, on one side, at their hour, jigged along their little course in the public eye, and went in on the other side. He too had jigged his little course
him too a modest retreat awaited. — Henry James

I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know? — Rachel McAdams

He's not the only one who's got people to worry about," Rachel said. "I have a family. We
all do."
"Not me," Tobias said softly. He smiled his sad, crooked smile. "It's true. No one gives a rat's
rear about me."
"I do," Rachel said. — K.A. Applegate

Every single time I confess my self-reliance and submit my life to God's will in a particular area, I am worshiping God--as surely as any sincere Israelite offering a lamb in obedience to God's plan. — Barbara Hughes

Everyone always talks about the speed of New York, and I still walk slow around New York, and everyone is walking faster than me all the time, and I notice it every time we go out. — Channing Tatum

How is the soul profited by the strife of Hector, the arguments of Plato, the poems of Virgil, or the elegies of Ovid, who, with others like them, are now gnashing their teeth in the prison of the infernal Babylon, under the cruet tyranny of Pluto? — Honorius Augustodunensis

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to ... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness. — J.M.G. Le Clezio