Immeasurables Quotes & Sayings

If a man can make typewriters better than anyone else, let us, in the name of common sense, keep him on the job of making typewriters. — William Feather

By the time they arrived, the snow was coming down fast ...
"It's beautiful," she said, pausing outside the door. She thrust out her hands and let the snow land on her palms.
"Yes, yes ... " Reid seemed in a mighty big hurry to get her inside.
"How long did you say the storm would last?" she asked, thinking it would be so beautiful. The snow
not being trapped with Reid Jamison.
Reid hesitated. "Longer than either of us is going to like," he muttered, looking miserable.
Jenna was afraid of that. — Debbie Macomber

Christianity has its roots in the profound sense of exile. — Philip H. Pfatteicher

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably. — William Ellery Channing

I am pleased to be part of Promontory's steady efforts to assist banks and other financial firms in meeting legal and regulatory obligations and challenges. — Laurence D. Fink

What is memory but a story about how we have lived? — Mark Doty

The moral of the story was to be careful whom you call your best friend because he or she may or may not feel the same way about you. — Mark O'Neal

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business. — Tim Robbins

Beginners will first meditate upon equanimity. Once that is established, they will then meditate upon the remaining three [immeasurable qualities of love, compassion, and joy]....

First, toward all those who are relatives, attachment is to be abandoned as though they were neutral. Then abandon aversion for enemies as though they were neutral and remain without partiality. In order to be free from delusion even toward the neutral, have the intention to dispel the passions of beings all at once. Meditate like this without clinging.

- Resting the Mind in Repose (sems nyid ngal gso) — Longchen Rabjam

It took me 20 years to learn I couldn't tune too well. And by that time I was too rich to care. — Chet Atkins