Veana Florida Quotes & Sayings

For the moment a lot of attention is given to economic concerns, and these problems at hand easily eclipse all others. But the remedies proposed for these problems all come out of outmoded ways of thinking ... The remedy? Compassion. The logical feeling that we find in ourselves if we search deeply enough that has to be exercised toward all other living creatures. — Dalai Lama

Begin building the future through "conversation for possibility." — Werner Erhard

If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them. — Karl Popper

We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are not remote ancestors; they are brothers. They saw like us; they drew like us. We wear essentially the same clothes against the cold. — Simon McBurney

The problem is not in the food ... The problem lies in the mind. It lies in our lack of awareness of the messages coming in from our body ... Mindful eating helps us learn to hear what our body is telling us about hunger and satisfaction. It helps us become aware of who in the body/heart/ mind complex is hungry, and how and what is best to nourish it. — Jan Chozen Bays

Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable. — Frank Shamrock

I've always thought you should concentrate on paddling your own canoe. — John Dos Passos

I refuse to apologize for my ability - I refuse to apologize for my success - I refuse to apologize for my money. — Ayn Rand

You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up. — Harvey MacKay

At the same time, however, the necessity for economic change in our countries has led us to conceive laws and accept traditions often at the expense of the individual person. Just when many are becoming conscious of the fundamental heritage of the Judeo-Christian tradition to respect each human person, friend or foe, within the actual structure of our society to apply this truth. The very efficiency demanded by our technocratic industrial society renders the life of the old, the unstable and the handicapped almost impossible. as the values of efficiency, individualism, and wealth become the only motivations, they tend to stifle the profound aspirations of man so that little by little he loses all sense of fellowship and community. — Jean Vanier

Language does our thinking for us. — Kenneth Burke