Zelen Quotes & Sayings

Though it always comes as a surprise to intellectuals, there are some forms of stupidity that one must be highly intelligent and educated to commit. — J. Budziszewski

The meaning of life is to enjoy it. — Marty Rubin

We are propelled through life by the force of our desires. — Marty Rubin

Don't treat the dogs like people. Treat the dogs like dogs. They are better than people. — Charles Manson

Life just happens. It's what you're believing about life that makes you suffer. — Byron Katie

I call for actors burning at the stakes, laughing at the flames. — Antonin Artaud

Painting is an investigation of being. — Squeak Carnwath

"I could use the fresh air. I think that put my brain to sleep."
She pointed at the text as if it was a piece of rotten meat.
"Physics?" I said. "You must need a more advanced text."
"No, it's just boring."
I picked the book up and double checked the title, to make sure I hadn't misidentified the subject.
"Boring?" I said. "How can physics be ... ?"
I looked up to see she'd already left the room. Simon pointed at the text, grinned and faked a yawn.
"Hold on," I said, striding after her. "Physics is not boring. Maybe you just need me to explain it better. Chloe? Chloe!" — Kelley Armstrong

No man will labor for himself who can make another labor for him. — Thomas Jefferson

I advise you to apply to all those whom you know will give something; next, to those whom you are uncertain whether they will give any thing or not, and show them the list of those who have given; and, lastly, do not neglect those who you are sure will give nothing, for in some of them you may be mistaken. — Benjamin Franklin

So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and then I would bring home a report card with a B-plus on it, and my parents would look at the report card as if I'd flunked. "Uh, honey?" one of them would ask, looking perplexed. "Now, this isn't a criticism but, if you could get a B-plus in philosophy, how much harder would it have been to get an A-minus?" — Anne Lamott

If you are not having good experiences in meditation, then do more seva you will gain merit and your meditation will be deeper. When you bring some relief or freedom to someone through seva, good vibrations and blessings come to you — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar