Instantestore Quotes & Sayings

The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it individually. Go to a teacher of Zen to learn how to do that, not to get answers for individual life situations. — Frederick Lenz

Someone who was so single-minded of focus and so fragile of emotion. — Lizbeth Selvig

Saudi Arabia isn't the enemy, but it is a problem. It could make so much positive difference in the Islamic world if it used its status to soothe Sunni-Shiite tensions and encourage tolerance. For a time, under King Abdullah, it seemed that the country was trying to reform, but now under King Salman, it has stalled. — Nicholas Kristof

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man! — Susan Polgar

There is a cultural norm on the left of being afraid to declare victory, which is related to the binary of reform/revolution. Whereas reformists are winning small gains, revolutionaries don't want people to be satisfied with those small victories because they worry this will lead to acceptance of the bigger picture of capitalism domination, and so they find a way to turn every victory into a defeat. In the book, I call for a culture of declaring victory wherever we can. — Cynthia Kauffman

The planner is a potential dictator who wants to deprive all other people of the power to plan and act according to their own plans. He aims at one thing only: the exclusive absolute preeminence of his own plan. — Ludwig Von Mises

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent. — Vivienne Westwood

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. — Charles Darwin

Punctilious abyss, the yawn of space
Come once a day to suffocate the sight. — Allen Tate

Use sin as it will use you; spare it not, for it will not spare you; it is your murderer, and the murderer of the world: use it, therefore, as a murderer should be used. Kill it before it kills you. — Richard Baxter

Introverted wounds bleed in our minds and hearts, and bleed out in our behaviors, actions and relationships. — Adam S. McHugh

Patience is being at peace with the process of life — Louise Hay

I am always looking for what piece, what artists, what playwrights, what directors, what subject matter is going to catalyze an audience. — Diane Paulus