Goa Liberation Day 2013 Quotes & Sayings

Half of tradition is a lie. — Stephen Crane

The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it. — Tommy Rettig

Harner has impeccable credentials, both as an academic and as a practicing shaman. Without doubt (since the recent death of Mircea Eliade) the world's leading authority on shamanism. — Nevill Drury

There was always a slight upswing in February, the town's coldest month, when out-of-towners liked to hike into the national park to see the famous waterfalls when they rose, like bridal veils, against the mountains. But mostly, from December to April, those who made their living off tourists just suffered through, dreaming of warmer months, of kingfisher-blue skies and leaves so green they looked like they'd just been painted, as if the color would smear if you touched it. — Sarah Addison Allen

A Oneness of all. An evolution in consciousness of us all that isn't about the egos. — Ram Dass

Leadership doesn't come from age. — Tony Gonzalez

Be grateful to him who curses you, for he gives you a mirror to show what cursing is, also a chance to practise self-restraint; so bless him and be glad. Without exercise, power cannot come out; without the mirror, we cannot see ourselves. — Swami Vivekananda

I'm going to win it for my country. I'm the first Aboriginal to win this. Isn't that something? I wish my Dad was alive to see it. He'd be as proud as I am. — Lionel Rose

I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me. — D.H. Lawrence

There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction. — Ogden Nash

Those who have aimed at utopia have often been the most effective at unleashing hell on earth. — Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form. — Bo Burnham

The reason why the romantic love relationship is such an intense and universally sought-after experience is that it seems to offer liberation from a deep-seated state of fear, need, lack, and incompleteness that is part of the human condition in its unredeemed and unenlightened state. — Eckhart Tolle

When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip ... allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate. — T.F. Hodge