Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. ”

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed. ”

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right. ”

The god can no more exist without his people than the nation without its god. ”

Even the highest forms of sacrificial worship present much that is repulsive to modern ideas, and in particular it requires an effort to reconcile our imagination to the bloody ritual which is prominent in almost every religion which has a strong sense of sin. ”

I hope that the residents of my current district - from Quincy to Provincetown and the Islands - know that their well-being is my primary concern and nothing changes that. ”

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny. ”

Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere friends, rather than mob merriment, noise and thousands of nodding acquaintances. ”

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. ”

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense? ”