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India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
It can be made only when one recognizes the ground of being itself, when one recognizes directly that One is All.
Science of happiness lies in our understanding. The secrets of happiness lie in our capacity to expand our heart.
To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it’s just as bad to use the present to justify the past.
Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.
When the passion of the mystic for God is married to the passion of the activist for justice, a new fire is born.
Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.
Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy.
The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true.
Emo: e-mo 1. A much-maligned, mocked, and misunderstood term for melodic, expressive, and confessional punk rock.
The story it told was unremarkable: a tale of love found and lost- the oldest story in the world. The only story.
It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.
Some people need a huge amount of attention, and they are worthy of that attention, and they're still exhausting.
Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.
Real joy is not found in having the best of everything but in trusting that God is making the best of everything.
Just that maybe … maybe you don’t want to change the story, because you don’t know what a different ending holds.
Scales always lie. They don't make a scale that ever told the truth about value, about worth, about significance.
Sometimes one appears to have more freedom than one actually possesses. It is easy to see what one wishes to see.
If I could have anything I wanted, I would choose story without end, and it seems I have lots of company in that.
When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.
Being fearless doesn't mean living a life devoid of fear, but living a life in which our fears don't hold us back
The most important thing about translucent people is that their life has been deeply transformed by an awakening.
Making bombs will only destroy us. It doesn't matter whether we use them or not. They will destroy us either way.
Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things one could get used to.
Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs.
The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.
I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers.
New York was where we wanted to live when we were finally grown up, and drink martinis and stay out past bedtime.
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.
Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
It is thus superstition infatuates man from his infancy, fills him with vanity, and enslaves him with fanaticism.
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
This ugly duckling investment will likely need time - quarters, or even years - to blossom into a beautiful swan.
Touch her,” he said in Scott’s ear, his voice low and threatening, “and it’ll be the biggest regret of your life.
Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.
The world demands that you work for it, make families, provide, take no time to listen to your own heart beating.
Wars make people rich - and they make a lot of people poor, and they take a lot of people's lives away from them.
The question to ask is not whether you are a success or a failure, but whether you are a learner or a nonlearner.
We have learned by now that our beauty does not count as a possession. The only thing we truly own is our legend.
A map says to you. Read me carefully, follow me closely, doubt me not... I am the earth in the palm of your hand.
But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
People are inclined to say that I am Ramona. I'm not sure that's true, but I did share some experiences with her.
My mother only ever said two things. She said,'I don't know, dear.'And she said,'Can I get you a sandwich, honey?
Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.
God wants to father all of us until we're dead sure of his approval, his guiding power and his promise of heaven.
If you believe you will not be free from sin until you die,you have just made death your savior instead of Jesus.
Just because you are going to Heaven doesn't mean you have Heaven established in you. Success is Heaven on earth.