Convertibility Program Quotes & Sayings

The buddha-dharma ... is about directly seeing Truth, prior to forming any ideas about it. It is about responding to each particular situation as it comes ... , not according to some ... program of dos and don'ts. — Steve Hagen

She'd already decided to be with him. If only to wipe him from her mind, get him out of her system and
stop the fantasies plaguing her. If only to prove to herself that being with him would not be pleasurable for
her. — Gena Showalter

For our purpose, however, what the soldiers did or did not read is irrelevant. For, if soldiers did not learn to fight their battles from reading books, neither is it likely that military historians learned to write their books from watching battles. Battles are extremely confusing; and confronted with the need to make sense of something he does not understand, even the cleverest, indeed preeminently the cleverest man, realizing his need for a language and metaphor he does not possess, will turn to look at what someone else has already made of a similar set of events as a guide for his own pen. — John Keegan

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham

You attain happiness not by gaining, but by giving. — Debasish Mridha

Accept only as much 'cleanliness' that it won't cause you to worry if it became dirty. Maintain 'cleanliness' such that and only to the point that it does not burden you into bondage. — Dada Bhagwan

After September 11, 2001, I was feeling like I really wanted more understanding between cultures. It seemed to me that so much of what happened on September 11 was because people didn't understand each other and were suspicious of each other. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

At first, students tend to freeze at the first effort. The breakthrough comes when they realize that they can make it better - can identify what their purposes were and realize better ways to achieve those purposes. — M.H. Abrams

One less reason for men to be in the world if women could zip their dresses up all alone. "You — Tiffany Reisz

Keep those things that you need, use and bring you joy! — Julie Starr Hook

What hinders me from hearing is that I am taken up with other things. It is not that I will not hear God, but I am not devoted in the right place. I am devoted to things, to service, to convictions, and God may say what He likes but I do not hear Him. — Oswald Chambers

Never count on people who are with you but who stand by you. — M.F. Moonzajer

And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness. — Jon Huntsman Jr.