Samye Ling Quotes & Sayings

Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is what I have formulated before: Everything is a symbol of a symbol, and a symbol of what? of mind. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Precision medicine is diving into the DNA with a knowledge that everybody's tumor has a unique genetic profile and you want to be able to identify that specific piece of DNA that has become mutated and that is driving cancer growth. — Laurie Glimcher

Trev, remember when I told you about the one thing I missed from my life before I met you?"
Kegan dropped his forearms onto his bent knees, leaned his forehead on them.
"You just met her. — Sherri Desbois

As to the number of novels I've abandoned ... I shudder to think. I have thrown away five completed novels, and that's a gruesome enough figure. But not necessarily a waste of effort. — Mark Haddon

I write, having seen what's happening already in my head. I see it as a movie, and I'm just writing down what's happening in front of me. — Victoria Aveyard

I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there. — John Sununu

But with dogs, we do have "bad dog." Bad dog exists. "Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!" The dog is saying, "Who are you to judge me? You human beings who've had genocide, war against people of different creeds, colors, religions, and I stole a biscuit?! Is that a crime? People of the world!"
"Well, if you put it that way, I think you've got a point. Have another biscuit, sorry. — Eddie Izzard

Dogs seem to like you," she pointed out.
He flashed her another grin that inspired some nice tingles here, there, and everywhere. "Maybe they're on to something. — Paige Tyler

The growth of a passion is a very peculiar thing. In highly
organized intellectual and artistic types it is so often apt to
begin with keen appreciation of certain qualities, modified by
many, many mental reservations. The egoist, the intellectual,
gives but little of himself and asks much. Nevertheless, the
lover of life, male or female, finding himself or herself in
sympathetic accord with such a nature, is apt to gain much. — Theodore Dreiser

When you meet someone
so different from yourself,
in a good way,
you don't even have to kiss
to have fireworks go off. — Lisa Schroeder