Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear. ”

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big. ”

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being. ”

I don't like singing before noon. ”

Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs. ”

I am not altogether confident of my ability to put my thoughts into words: My texts are usually better after an editor has hacked away at them, and I am used to both editing and being edited. Which is to say that I am not oversensitive in such matters. ”

I don't like the term 'dynasty.' ”

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. ”

I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.' ”

If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present. ”