Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion. ”

What I've learned, and will try to remember from now on, is that defending your country's credibility is never sufficient reason to fight a war. ”

The white working class likes being pandered to even less than it likes being insulted. ”

The GOP doesn't seem particularly afraid of being perceived as blocking reform, despite efforts by the Obama White House to establish that narrative. ”

Being a teacher is back-breakingly difficult work. It is also extremely important work. ”

Healthcare providers will compete to offer the best record of patient safety at the lowest prices. Hospitals and patients will benefit from having accurate information about areas of excellence and areas that must be improved. ”

In the U.K. - correct me if I'm wrong - there is a legal definition of 'not being in possession of yourself' aka 'not being a person.' That's the fun thing: someone such as a lawyer needs to define, using some empirical signal, something supposedly transcendental like 'person,' something lawyers argue and argue about regarding, say, chimps in zoos. ”

Do not touch ontologically' doesn't mean 'are separated by empirically measurable hard edges.' ”

An environment is precisely something one is unable to point to yet is strangely there nonetheless. ”

Being seen means that your being is held by the other person without comment, without praise or blame or indifference - just with some kind of open care. ”