Refractive Lens Quotes & Sayings

Nowness is the essence of meditation. Whatever one does, whatever one tries to practice, is trying to see what is here and now. One becomes aware of the present moment through such means as concentrating on the breathing. This is based on developing the knowledge of nowness, for each respiration is unique. It is an expression of now. — Chogyam Trungpa

We have art,' Nietzsche said, 'so that we shall not be destroyed by the truth. — Michael Ondaatje

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities. — Guillaume Canet

Buy not what you want, but what you have need of; what you do not want is dear at a farthing. — Cato The Elder

You can't have them all! That's not how things works in this world, you have to choose one thing that you want, and sacrifice others! — Shienny M.S.

Did I mention I've finally decided on a nickname for you?"
"I didn't know you were looking."
Well, I've given the matter some serious thought."
"And what have you come up with?"
"Cookie," I anounced proudly.
Xavier scrunched up his face. "No way."
"You don't like it? What about Bumblebee?"
"Worse."
"Snookie-Wookie?"
"Do you have any cyanide?"
"Well, some of us are just a bit hard to please. — Alexandra Adornetto

Redundancy is expensive but indispensable. — Jane Jacobs

In every moment, we're sailing on oceans where wonders are not just the exception; they are the rule. — Robert A. Giacalone

There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria — Goodluck Jonathan

The very essence of the opiate high was expressed by a twenty-seven-year-old sex-trade worker. She had HIV and has since died. "The first time I did heroin," she said to me, "it felt like a warm, soft hug." In that phrase she told her life story and summed up the psychological and chemical cravings of all substance-dependent addicts. — Gabor Mate

If we were all just alike, one of us wouldn't be necessary. — Phillip C. McGraw

The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar. — Martin Feldstein

Your words were music to me tonight, but you weren't mine to listen to. — Jenim Dibie

Primaries are a family fight. I'm a pro-free enterprise, pro-Second Amendment, pro-life Republican. — Heather Wilson

I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve. — Hunter S. Thompson