Eihei Koso Quotes & Sayings

To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal. And knowing this, and then to accept it, to will it, and not to be in an unnecessary state of angst or rebellion or terror over it. — Edwin S. Shneidman

Gentrification is a form of immigration, though almost nobody calls it that. — Annalee Newitz

I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public. — Yuri Milner

The world has progressed to the point where it's most powerful force is public opinion. And I believe that in this world it is not the great book or epic play, as once was the case, that will shape that opinion, but those who understand mass media and the techniques of mass persuasion ... We must not just believe in what we sell. We must sell what we believe in. And we must pour a vast energy into those causes. — William Bernbach

Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony. — Jonathan Raban

In the big picture, life is not about grades. Life is about what you choose to study. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

You have to be able to face losing some things you might want in order to be free to do the right thing. — Henry Cloud