Good Lead Ins To Quotes & Sayings

Most of the confidence which I appear to feel, especially when influenced by noon wine, is only a pretense. — Tennessee Williams

Prayer, sacred supernatural act. — Lailah Gifty Akita

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZAZEN First of all, you have to sit down, which you're probably already doing. The traditional way is to sit on a zafu cushion on the floor with your legs crossed, but you can sit on a chair if you want to. The important thing is just to have good posture and not to slouch or lean on anything. Now you can put your hands in your lap and kind of stack them up, so that the back of your left hand is on the palm of your right hand, and your thumb tips come around and meet on top, making a little round circle. The place where your thumbs touch should line up with your bellybutton. Jiko says this way of holding your hands is called hokkai jo-in,113 and it symbolizes the whole cosmic universe, which you are holding on your lap like a great big beautiful egg. — Ruth Ozeki

I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning. — Diana Vreeland

A society can be judged by the way it treats its children. — Pope Francis

What is a goal, without a vison?
Who is a woman without a mission?
What is life without decisions?
Why live if not for transitions? — Renee' A. Lee

Fear that makes faith may break faith. — Algernon Charles Swinburne

A school isn't a school until Sophie tries to destroy it. — Shannon Messenger

Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the jobs. — Dana Rohrabacher