Tessho Genda Quotes & Sayings

Skyscraper National Park — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

I am prepared to maintain that Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society, that communities are held together and the progress of civilization made possible only by vigorous and sometimes even, violent Lying; that the Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. — H.G.Wells

If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off the board. You're into the future. Empathy requires staying with the energy that's here right now. Not using any technique. Just being present. When I have really connected to this energy, it's like I wasn't there. I call this "watching the magic show". In this presence, a very precious energy works through us that can heal anything, and this relieves me from my "fix-it" tendencies. — Marshall B. Rosenberg

Pleasure has turned into passion much more quickly than I should ever have thought possible. — Theophile Gautier

I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people ... a long time ago. — Nancy Lublin

Life doesn't happen to you. You can't just sit on a park bench and expect amazing things to whizz by on a conveyor belt. Life is what you put into it. — Holly Bourne

Concepts like edX and online learning will transform education. This will completely change the world. I believe that people will move to online learning, both on campuses and worldwide. We have a real opportunity to be able to bring people around the world into our fold. — Anant Agarwal

Bidden or unbidden, God is present. — Erasmus

There's a point where a cop pulls you out of that car and starts abusing you or beating on you and at that moment he is no longer within the law. — Ice-T