Hofland Gardens Quotes & Sayings

So when joy arises at the level of your mind and not just your senses, you can maintain a deep sense of satisfaction for a much longer period of time - even for twenty-four hours. "So I always say to people, you have to pay more attention to the mental level of joy and happiness. Not just physical pleasure, but satisfaction at the level of mind. This is true joyfulness. When you are joyful and happy at the mental level, physical pain doesn't matter very much. But if there is no joy or happiness at the mental level, too much worrying, too much fear, then even physical comforts and pleasure will not soothe your mental discomfort." "Many — Dalai Lama XIV

Follow your passion. Be yourself, but check yourself before you wreck yourself. — Andy Cohen

As a people, we know what we can do, we know how to do it, and we just want to get on with it. How? By ensuring that Canada's place in the world is one of influence and pride. — Paul Martin

Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future. — David Whyte

The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. — Pema Chodron

I didn't like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that's all. Or so I'd convinced myself. — Lauren Myracle

It is proven that the glass in your environment may be able to affect your health. — Steven Magee

One word can sometimes be sharper than a thousand swords — Mildred D. Taylor

Sometimes it takes the story to grow, for the real characters to emerge. — Daniel Kaye

The 'crazy' thing about life is...
People keep 'imprisoning' themselves in the name of 'freedom'.. — Abha Maryada Banerjee

Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally. Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's nirvana. And if some poor nasty minded person comes along and says you look like a fly on a can of garbage, pay him no mind. He probably hasn't got the price of a television set. — Raymond Chandler

Children are the only bold philosophers. And bold philosophers will always be children. So you're right, it's a child's question, just as it should be. — Yevgeny Zamyatin