Longways Monitor Quotes & Sayings

Living a long life, the conventional wisdom at the time said, depended to a great extent on who we were - that is, our genes. It depended on the decisions we made - on what we chose to eat, and how much we chose to exercise, and how effectively we were treated by the medical system. No one was used to thinking about health in terms of community. — Malcolm Gladwell

Personally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health and the Disease of the entire community ... even in the most favourable circumstances ... there would be that absence of competition and that sense of independence ... I do not believe it would be good for the profession or good for the Public. — William Osler

If you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next. — Hassan Al-Banna

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest. — Abraham Lincoln

When we really keep in the forefront of our thoughts that our intention in this life is to recover and be free, then being of service, practicing meditation, and doing what we need to do to get free becomes the only rational decision. This takes discipline, effort, and a deep commitment. It takes a form of rebellion, both inwardly and outwardly, because we not only subvert our own conditioning, we also walk a path that is totally countercultural. The status quo in our world is to be attached to pleasure and to avoid all unpleasant experiences. Our path leads upstream, against the normal human confusions and sufferings. — Noah Levine

How would we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them? — Frank Herbert

When it comes to art, money is an unimportant detail. It just happens to be a huge unimportant detail. — Iggy Pop

Getting even has never healed a single person. — Eva Mozes Kor

Great power requires great character if it is to be a blessing and not a curse, and that character is something we only grow toward. — Dallas Willard

Prayer, in my opinion, is an act of doubt, not an act of faith, for if you truly trusted your god's plan, you wouldn't pray for anything. — Michael Sherlock

Since when did the American Dream become the American Guarantee? — Michelle Malkin

With super PACs, we've seen voter turnout go up; interest in elections rise; and the number of competitive races increase. The campaigns of 2010 and 2012 have been more issue-oriented than their predecessors, not less. — Bradley A. Smith