Sagelight Quotes & Sayings

The mind is by nature restless. Begin liberating it from its restlessness; give it peace; make it free from distractions; train it to look inward; make this a habit. This is done by ignoring the external world and removing the obstacles to peace of mind. — Ramana Maharshi

In his Social Contract, Rousseau noted the obvious, that Law is a very good thing for men with property and a very bad thing for men without property. — Saul D. Alinsky

The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the soul which control action and the attainment of truth: namely, Sensation, Intellect, and Desire. Of these, Sensation never originates action, as is shown by the fact that animals have sensation but are not capable of action. — Aristotle.

Every entrepreneur and every owner of means of production must daily justify his social function through subservience to the wants of the consumers. The management of a socialist economy is not under the necessity of adjusting itself to the operation of a market. It has an absolute monopoly. It does not depend on the wants of the consumers. It itself decides what must be done. It does not serve the consumers as the businessman does. It provides for them as the father provides for his children or the headmaster of a school for the students. It is the authority bestowing favors, not a businessman eager to attract customers. — Ludwig Von Mises

It is one thing to let go of the housekeeping. Quite another to relinquish being the center of your children's universe. — Anne-Marie Slaughter

Perhaps, you know, new laws, new domains of potential openness are occurring as the universe ages, and complexity previously disallowed is now possible, and we are that complexity. We are nature moving out of its genetic phase - a phase under the control of chemical genes, which are physical structures, in to an epigenetic phase, a phase of culture ruled by codes, transformable culturally confined codes - mathematics, religion, philosophy, art, dance, humor. — Terence McKenna

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love. — Pope Francis

If you die while travelling at the speed of light do you still see the light, or a 'temporarily unavailable' message? — Neil Leckman

The difference between happiness is no-where and happiness is now-here has something to do with the event, and everything to do with how you see the event. Your perception is key. — Robert Holden

The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times. — Kyle Kinane

If I ever start talking to you about my 'craft', my 'instrument', you have permission to shoot me. — Drew Barrymore

This tired abstract anger; inarticulate passive opposition; always the same thing in dublin — Samuel Beckett

This divergence of experience was not a stumbling block to conversation; indeed, it was what made the conversation interesting. — Michael David Lukas

If your pride leads you to boast,
you will be doubly guilty,
because your intelligence will have shown
that it is incapable of controlling your pride. — Ibn Hazm