Mathangi Sri Quotes & Sayings

A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values. — Chris Matakas

Hannah Arendt, a 20th century Jewish philosopher and Holocaust survivor, writes about the necessity of skepticism and doubt in the face of totalitarianism. Germany after World War I was a country in crisis, and in any time of national crisis, when people seek the reassurance of strong leaders who appear to have all the answers, doubters and skeptics tend to be treated as disloyal and dangerous. But it was the unthinking, unquestioning belief of Hitler's followers that made him powerful; the ruthlessness with which the Nazis suppressed dissent only solidified his control. — Frank D. Kennedy

Johnny sort of popped into my head midway through the first draft, and he wouldn't leave. But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. In the first half of the movie, this guy is in the house not doing anything. I really needed an actor who's inventive and who will make enough idiosyncratic choices to make it entertaining to watch. And let's face it, Johnny Depp could make a nap interesting to watch. — David Koepp

We're here to get to know and study ourselves. The path, the way to do that, our main vehicle, is going to be meditation, and some sense of general wakefulness. — Pema Chodron

I never understood what common sense mean applied to a complicated problems. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations. — Frederick Lenz

Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as a foundation a priori. — Immanuel Kant