Naikan Meditation Quotes & Sayings

We all die twice - once when we actually die and once when no one on earth recognizes our photograph. — Christian Boltanski

Behind the murder of millions of Negroes annually in Africa is the well organized system of exploitation by the alien intruders who desire to rob Africa of every bit of its wealth for the satisfaction of their race and the upkeep of their bankrupt European countries. — Marcus Garvey

Don't be a hero, young man. There's no percentage in it. — Raymond Chandler

It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: 'Behold thy son', provided that he has not turned a deaf ear to the words, which Christ addressed to him: 'Behold thy Mother.' — Robert Bellarmine

Because music gets you high, so it makes sense to sing about what else gets you high. — Ketch Secor

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW. — Dido Armstrong

For me, art in our time is strongest when it is aware of science, includes science, is inspired by science, or is about science. On the linguistic level, the new words coined by scientists to describe their new discoveries form a giant growing lexicon that means English is simply bursting with new possibilities, resembling the Elizabethan age in that respect. Then conceptually, science is creating new stories to tell, by deluging us with new information and potentialities. In this deluge we need art to do its usual job of sorting things out, by giving things their human dimension and by exploring how they might feel and what they might mean. So to me the arts and the sciences are completely intertwined. Maybe that's always been true, but now more than ever. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Acting is sort of an extension of childhood. You get to play all of these roles and have so much fun. Playing an athlete would be so cool. Or where you get to shoot guns, ride horses. I wouldn't turn down any of that. — Jon Hamm

Convention was our safeguard: could one have stronger? — Elizabeth Bowen

I hung up. It was a good start, but it didn't go far enough. I ought to have locked the door and hidden under the desk. — Raymond Chandler

Basically, what you find out is the limits of your patience and your strength and your capacity to adapt. You find that out in travel and being alone and being tested. So that's a great thing. — Paul Theroux

By the effectiveness of redemption, not by impressive speech, nor by wooing and persuading, but only by the sheer unaided power of God. — Oswald Chambers

You never stop learning. If you have a teacher, you never stop being a student. — Elisabeth Rohm

The sense of impending disaster hung over the garden like a chandelier. — Antal Szerb