Mountaintops Demotte Quotes & Sayings

An author who rewrites his own work must essentially be two people. One is the free flowing uncritical writer who creates the bulk of the material - the other is the extremely critical editor whose aim it is to make the book as good as it can become. — Gudjon Bergmann

To trade by means of money is the code of the men of good will. Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort. — Ayn Rand

America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels. — Fareed Zakaria

It is important to have a perspective then only through seeing the world is it possible to transcend ideas such as the Flyers, and other aberrant thought forms. With ruthlessness, cunning patience and sweetness, it can be cracked. — Carlos Castaneda

Many of us think of our daily nourishment only in terms of what we eat. But in fact, there are four kinds of food that we consume every day. They are: edible food (what we put in our mouths to nourish our bodies), sensory food (what we smell, hear, taste, feel, and touch), volition (the motivation and intention that fuels us), and consciousness (this includes our individual consciousness, the collective consciousness, and our environment). — Thich Nhat Hanh

I returned to upstate NY where I just laid in bed for days with a fever that just wouldn't go away. After more of this, I grew increasingly sure that this was not simply the flu! — Daryl Hall

If there are no roads you can walk, break down the walls! — Yoshiki Nakamura

President Obama and his wife are going to Kenya. Donald Trump said, 'While you're there, pick up your birth certificate.' — David Letterman

You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Self-realization: No ego, no desires, no weight problems, no tax forms, no death to die, no life to live. — Frederick Lenz

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now. — Mariska Hargitay

It was the teaching itself that I loved. At least, I loved it back when I thought it would be enough to change things. — Brandon Sanderson

The day you were born
Heaven wept at its great loss,
Earth joyed at its gain. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Atheists maintain that spiritual experience is purely subjective, with no basis in a reality outside of the subject. — Robert Todd Carroll