Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep. ”

Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable. ”

They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses. ”

You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad. ”

I'm a great believer in geography being destiny. ”

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves. ”

If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up. ”

I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering. ”

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. ”

With my childhood, it's a wonder I'm not psychotic. I was the little Jewish boy in the non-Jewish neighborhood. It was a little like being the first Negro enrolled in the all-white school. I grew up in libraries and among books, without friends. ”