Takamasa Ota Quotes & Sayings

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time. — Bill Watterson

Mindful eating means simply eating or drinking while being aware of each bite or sip. — Thich Nhat Hanh

The best relationship student -teacher is in knowing who is right for you and who you are right for. — Donnie Burns

I went with the old adage that you should write what you know. What I knew was 18th century Britain, so what I decided I would do is write a novel based on my dissertation research. — David Liss

To him who, though by no means near the end, is yet advancing, He is the way; to him who has put off all that is dead He is the life. — Origen

[L]ife isn't one thing after another, it's the same thing over and over — Edna St. Vincent Millay

If we want to be used for the benefit of mankind-helping the Lord with his mission-we must ourselves be in a position to be used by him. — Elaine A. Cannon

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees. — Samuel Johnson

Memory is the diary that chronicles things that never happened or couldn't possibly have happened. — Oscar Wilde

To be absolutely alone for the first time in the cockpit of a plane hundreds of feet above the ground is an experience never to be forgotten. — Charles Lindbergh

Chemical synthesis is uniquely positioned at the heart of chemistry, the central science, and its impact on our lives and society is all pervasive. — Elias James Corey

I had proof that I had five senses, that I knew how to get myself to function! And then I lost my childhood ... — Yves Klein