Shvetaketu Quotes & Sayings

Why do we assume that educating a criminal is merely helping him commit more sophisticated crimes? Why can't we assume that an education can give this person the tools to make more acceptable choices? — Laura Bates

My reverie jumps me into the middle of the period and I conjure the giant, unforgettable figure of Douglas Adams, sadly absent from the feast. — Richard Dawkins

When I die and go to hell, the devil is going to make me the marketing director for a cola company. I'll be in charge of trying to sell a product that no one needs, is identical to its competition, and can't be sold on its merits. I'd be competing head-on in the cola wars, on price, distribution, advertising, and promotion, which would indeed be hell for me. Remember, I'm the kid who couldn't play competitive games. I'd much rather design and sell products so good and unique that they have no competition. — Yvon Chouinard

Men have the grand vision, and they pass it on to somebody else to put into practice. Women follow the details more, they want to know that it is being put into practice. — Eugenia Charles

It bears repeating: you don't have to be good at everything. — Robert S. Kaplan

Can I just sit here for a moment? Human contact, and all that. There's one thing you don't get much in Starfleet - a hug. They ought to have a couple of people in charge of hugs, just to dispense them randomly. — John Vornholt

What kind o' man is he?"
"Why, of mankind. — William Shakespeare

R. C. Sproul (theologian & pastor; b. 1939): "We are persuaded that the biblical mandate is still in effect... If there's ever an indication of a perpetual ordinance in the church, it is that which is based on an appeal to Creation... I don't think it matters one bit whether it's a babushka, a veil, or a hat, but I think that the symbol should remain intact as a sign of our obedience to God."[150] — David Phillips

Place this salt in water and bring it here tomorrow morning".
The boy did.
"Where is that salt?" his father asked?
"I do not see it."
"Sip here. How does it taste?"
"Salty, father."
"And here? And there?"
"I taste salt everywhere."
"It is everywhere, though we see it not. Just so, dear one, the Self is everywhere, within all things, although we see it not. There is nothing that does not come from it. It is the truth; it is the Self supreme. You are that, Shvetaketu.
You Are That. — Eknath Easwaran

The man whose acquaintance with the world does not lead him deeper than science leads him, will never understand what it is that the man with the spiritual vision finds in these natural phenomena. — Rabindranath Tagore

No more bells ringing in the middle of the afternoon demolishing the rest of the day. No more waiting for the situation to change. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Girls are supposed to dance. That's why God gave them parts that jiggle. — Donald Glover

There have only been two world-class goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the German boy who played for Manchester City. — Lev Yashin

Are you going to let what someone might say prevent you from doing what you must do? — Eric Greitens

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. — Jonathan Swift