When She Was Good Norma Fox Mazer Quotes & Sayings

If no one fought except on his own conviction, there would be no wars, he said. — Leo Tolstoy

saw he had not been scraping at an exposed rib. He had been cleaning the thing's teeth. — Rick Yancey

In his essay, 'Perpetual Peace,' the philosopher, Immanuel Kant, argued that perpetual peace would eventually come to the world in one of two ways, by human insight or by conflicts and catastrophes of a magnitude that left humanity no other choice. We are at such a juncture. — Henry Kissinger

Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with a partner or it can be alone, but professional chess is always a pursuit of something new and surprising. — Viswanathan Anand

The present moment is the only thing of which anyone can be deprived, at least if this is the only thing he has and he cannot lose what he has not got. — Marcus Aurelius

Cleaning?" "Like Mary Poppins on crack. You know, the way women do that fast-forward cleaning when they're pissed off. — Suzanne Wright

In meditation take care not to impose anything on the mind, or to tax it. When you meditate there should be no effort to control, and no attempt to be peaceful. Don't be overly solemn or feel that you are taking part in some special ritual; let go even of the idea that you are meditating. Let your body remain as it is, your breath as you find it, and remain in your natural condition of unchanging pure awareness. — Sogyal Rinpoche