Frans Lanting Famous Quotes & Sayings

We must always be aware of the fact that the body, soul and mind are to be trained simultaneously, for otherwise it would be impossible to gain and maintain the magic equipoise. — Franz Bardon

He was seething inside with a new emotion. Nothing seemed very important anymore except the Princess. He was single-minded about her. He was enchanted. He was possessed. He was in love. — Ken Follett

Finally, there are the dangers inherent in any autobiographical work: the temptation to color events in ways favorable to the writer, the tendency to overestimate the interest one's experiences hold for others, — Barack Obama

The body is amazingly plastic. The spirit, even more so. But there are some things you don't come back from. Say ye so, a nighean? True, the body's easily maimed, and the spirit can be crippled - yet there's that in a man that is never destroyed. — Diana Gabaldon

I'm going to say a phrase or terminology or vowel that I don't know how to attack . — Lake Bell

No matter who is watching or paying the paycheck, we are ultimately each our own boss. — Kristin Armstrong

Don't make the mistake of depending on the presence of certain people for your training,' he advised me. 'Teachers come and go. My own teacher, O-Sensei, died not long ago. I could have given up when O-Sensei passed away. Instead, I've continued my practice, even though I've found it difficult at times. Don't rely on other people. Do your best Aikido practice wherever you are. — Linda Holiday

Yank, is it?' Stamp. Stamp. Stamp. 'Lucky to be here, mate.' My first taste of Aussie brashness, and I've fondly remembered him for it ever since. — Gerald Stone

No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when they are behind us and done, that we begin to find that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards, and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant. Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there is a smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone, they stand threatening and disturbing our tranquility, and hindering our communion with God. If there be lying before you any bit of work from which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it. — Alexander MacLaren

Never ask questions you don't want the answer to. — Pantea Konn

Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy. — Charles Darwin

Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all ... is not to have one. — Nikos Kazantzakis

I stared at her. Maybe I wasn't the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together. — Rick Riordan

Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable. — Waris Dirie