Wise Shaolin Quotes & Sayings

The mind and body communicate constantly. What the mind thinks, perceives, and experiences is sent from our brain to the rest of the body. — Herbert Benson

Let go of the spirit of the departed, and continue the celebration of your own life. — Allen Ginsberg

I cannot stand the words Get over it. All of us are under such pressure to put our problems in the past tense. Slow down. Don't allow others to hurry your healing. It is a process, one that may take years, occasionally, even a lifetime - and that's OK. — Beau Taplin

Raul, man, he's like a Twinkie. He would survive a nuclear war. — Ray Hudson

I was blinded by whispered promises and I never realised how cruel a woman could be until it was too late. — Emma Russell

Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.' — Sam Taylor-Wood

At the first Holocaust memorial commemoration in the Capitol Rotunda, both President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Mondale referred to the 'eleven million victims.' Carter also used Wiesenthal's figures of 'six million Jews and five million others' in his Executive Order establishing the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. I have attended Holocaust memorial commemorations in places as diverse as synagogues and army forts where eleven candles were lit. More significant is that strangers have repeatedly taken me and other colleagues to task for ignoring the five million non-Jews. When I explain that this is an invented concept, they become convinced of my ethnocentrism. — Deborah E. Lipstadt

To live fully, one must be free, but to be free one must give up security. Therefore, to live one must be ready to die. How's that for a paradox? — Tom Robbins

The beauty of my profession [architecture] lies in its randomness and surprise. And don't think I can choose my projects. I have to build what's offered to me. — Rem Koolhaas

Long Toss! Far and away themost important drill for strengthening my arm. — Paul Quantrill

The brush of your lips will last my lifetime. — Don Scribner

By definition, though, we are family. And in difficult times-- times like these-- despite our differences, we stand together as family. — Stephen King