Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created. ”

I don't remember being taught to read, and by the time I was seven years old, I had read a very great many books, good, bad, and indifferent. ”

If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster. ”

I started volunteering at an animal shelter, and little by little, my life started getting better. I think that is the secret. It is just being on a mission that is something bigger than me and it's thankless. You do that because it is thankless, and I am not looking for anybody to say, 'Thanks' and 'You are great!' ”

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. ”

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us. ”

I wondered vaguely if this was when it would end, whether I would pull up tonight's darkness like a quilt and be dead and at peace evermore. ”

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman. ”

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind? ”

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. ”