Gravitte 2 Quotes & Sayings

The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always "Is that so?" shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance to events, that is to say, being at one with what happens. The story of the man whose comment was invariably a laconic "Maybe" illustrates the wisdom of nonjudgment, and the story of the ring points to the fact of impermanence which, when recognized, leads to nonattachment. Nonresistance, nonjudgement, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. — Eckhart Tolle

Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI] — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Sometimes the writer has to learn the hard way of creating a bad work to become a best-seller yet doesn't surrender to the negative where other writers will. — Millicent Ashby

Terrorism is about Culture, not Religion. — A.E. Sawan

Too often, I believe, liberals deny that poverty is linked to bad choices. — Nicholas Kristof

Money is often a matter of chance or good fortune and is not the mark of a successful life. It is not the thing that brings a throb of pleasure or a thrill into my life. And I would not pose as a successful man if that were to be the measure. — Charles M. Schwab

The world is wrong. You can't put the past behind you. It's buried in you; it's turned your flesh into its own cupboard. Not everything remembered is useful but it all comes from the world to be stored in you. Who did what to whom on which day? Who said that? She said what? What did he just do? Did she really say that? He said what? What did she do? Did I hear what I think I heard? Did that just come out of my mouth, his mouth, your mouth? Do you remember when you sighed? — Claudia Rankine

Real love is fighting like hell to hold on to every moment you have with her. It's making a life together and making it work no matter what happens. — Peter Burke

Oh fuck. It's like period pain in my head. It's toothache of the brain. — Scarlett Thomas

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. — A.E. Van Vogt

The effectiveness of our memory banks is determined not by the total number of facts we take in, but the number we wish to reject. — Jon Wynne-Tyson

I'm not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I'm going to save it for after the Olympics! — Tom Daley

Some persons think that they have to look like a hedgehog to be pious. — Billy Sunday

Studying psychology is fun because you're always looking for the same things I think a writer should be looking for, which is the story behind the story. — Chris Cleave