Pithy Teaching Quotes & Sayings

We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy "one word" Zen. When asked "What is the highest teaching of the Buddha?" he replied: "An appropriate statement." On another occasion, he answered: "Cake." I admired his directness. — Stephen Batchelor

Perpetual possibilities exist to win the game of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

But you can't teach writing, people tell me. And I say, 'Who the hell are you, God's dean of admissions? — Anne Lamott

Beside us lies a fair-headed recruit in utter terror. He has buried his face in his hands, his helmet has fallen off. I fish hold of it and try to put it back on his head. He looks up, pushes the helmet off and like a child creeps under my arm, his head close to my breast. The little shoulders heave. Shoulders just like Kemmerich's. I let him be. — Erich Maria Remarque

Around the world, countries flush with cash but poor in arable land are now rushing to secure vast amounts of acreage in land-rich but underdeveloped nations. In theory, of course, such trades could benefit both sides, but in practice they usually raise extraordinarily troubling ethical and political questions. What — Michael T. Klare

The characters I write about are very internal. — Michael Connelly

You are born to win. But to become that true winner, you must make living a winning life your priority. — Jones Kofi Apawu

We are gaining the knowledge; science is giving us that. Now we need wisdom as well. — Isaac Asimov

No woman could adjust herself to lesbianism without developing exceptional qualities of courage. — Diana Frederics

I had grown up working in a video store, and I'd grown up more with film than I had with theater, so I kind of felt a natural call. — Timothy Simons

Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. — Cinda Williams Chima

Jill showed friend Kay the cute white mice.
They liked to run races for cheese.
Mice were lots of fun to play with.
Jill said, "Take Poopsie, the male one, please! — Melinda K. Trotter

You can't always have the full picture to everything in life, you'll only learn as you make more mistakes. — Auliq Ice