Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society. ”

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ”

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ”

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. ”

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. ”

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. ”

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. ”

Writing is the supreme solace. ”

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing. ”

I think memory is essential to what we are. If we - we wouldn't be able to talk to each other without memory. And what we think of as the present really is the past. It is made out of the past. ”