Roshi Philip Kapleau Quotes & Sayings

It's amazing the way one can take a step ten and a half miles long and still always land in a cowpat. — Diana Wynne Jones

Think it is just a matter of ... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money. — Christine Lavin

We like to set off bombs. — James Hetfield

Let me give you a piece of advice: Leo Tolstoy is not the only human being on this planet. Yet all I ever hear you talking about is Leo Tolstoy ...
(tr Benjamin Sher) — Leo Tolstoy

In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle. — Euclid

The Inklings were comrades who have been touched by war, who view life through the lens of war, yet who look for hope and found it, in fellowship, where so many other modern writers and intellectuals saw only broken narratives, disfigurement, and despair. — Philip Zaleski

She could be affectionate, generous, and optimistic one day; vengeful, depressed, and irritable the next. In the colloquial language of her friends, she was "either in the garret or cellar." In either mood, she needed attention, something the self-contained Lincoln was not always able to provide. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

We have the authority to take action, ... But responsible authority means not only being able to take action, but knowing when and how to take that action. — Janet Reno

the body is nothing but camouflage. — Simon Van Booy

The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do, and so should we. — Ezra Taft Benson

I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City. — Moby

I'm not like a car you can fix up. I'm never gonna run right Bella — Stephenie Meyer