Chanoyu Quarterly Quotes & Sayings

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life. — Max Lucado

In a heated debate, the novice at working with mental models will have to make an effort to identify the assumptions he is making and why. Often the beginner's efforts in a discipline are characterized by time displacement: only after the debate, does one see one's assumptions clearly and distinguish them from the "data" and reasoning upon which they are based. — Peter M. Senge

I'm for ethanol, and I think it's a very important partial ingredient of the overall mix of alternative and renewable fuels we ought to commit to. — John F. Kerry

We're selfish to some degree, that's not a criticism and it doesn't mean that we are all narcissists. But in any situation our minds naturally evolve to what's in it for me? How does this affect me? Can this benefit me? Can this harm me? Then we might move on from that and have a more altruistic point of view about things but that's almost always our initial response. — Robert Greene

Just behind the darkness of closed eyes shines the light of God. When you behold that light in meditation, hold onto it with devotional zeal. Feel yourself inside it: That is where God dwells. — Paramahansa Yogananda

There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me. — Nathan Lane

The leader's commandment is made up of pledges to solve local and global problems, and not to create more problems to add to the existing ones. — Israelmore Ayivor

Other people can often see things about you that you yourself cannot see, even if those people are stupid. — David Foster Wallace

More and more investors may be coming into markets everywhere but that doesn't mean that the markets are really getting more and more efficient, even in the United States. It does mean that there is more access for savvy investors who watch the money flows. — Andrew Lo

The thing about language is that once you start getting analytical about it, you can't stop. — Greg Carlson

Prices need to be fair, appropriate and consistent. — Robert Genn

Once everyone else around you starts to become incredibly comfortable - if anything, quite happy with what you are doing - then I start to settling in and trusting all those choices that I've made up to that point. — Josh Lucas

An open-door policy doesn't do much for a closed mind. — Bob Nelson