Introduction Quotes · Page 4

You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the…

— Frederick Lenz

I don't see how an epigram, being a bolt from the blue, with no introduction or cue, ever gets itself writ.

— William James

After this happens again and again, we reach a point were there is nothing but satori, which is what nirvikalpa samadhi is…

— Frederick Lenz

We see signs of it perhaps for 28 das or 34 days, then it goes away. Yet we are different.

— Frederick Lenz

“But as we all know, rock ‘n’ roll will never die, and education too, as Henry Adams always sez, keeps going on…

— Thomas Pynchon

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.

— Omar Bongo

Zen is the path that focuses the most upon meditation. It is almost exclusively a path of meditation.

— Frederick Lenz

When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants.

— Henry David Thoreau

I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out…

— Bruce Springsteen

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of…

— Richard Whately

My first introduction to the legend of Ken Buchanan was through one of his sons, Raymond Fraser Buchanan. He was my very…

— Josh Taylor

“A story that began with, and exists because of, my love of the remoter parts of Scotland, where the bones of the…

— Neil Gaiman

It could be a meeting on the street, or a party or a lecture, or just a simple, banal introduction, then suddenly…

— John O'Donohue

Now when I speak about Zen, I have a problem, in the sense that the Zen of today has lost the essence,…

— Frederick Lenz

The most consequential change in man's view of the world, of living nature and of himself came with the introduction, over a…

— Ernst Mayr

In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely…

— Frederick Lenz

Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical…

— Willard Van Orman Quine

I presume that few who have paid any attention to the history of the Mathematical Analysis, will doubt that it has been…

— George Boole

nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a…

— Orson Scott Card

“We can say that Faustus makes a choice, and that he is responsible for his choice, but there is in the play…

— Sylvan Barnet

Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color…

— Rabindranath Tagore

One of the most important things you can do is build an ecosystem of people around you who want to see you…

— Alexis Maybank

Your life is like a book. The title page is your name, the preface your introductions to the world. The pages are…

— Grenville Kleiser

Geology is rapidly taking its place as an introduction to the higher history of man. If the author has sought to exalt…

— James Dwight Dana

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

— Andy Hertzfeld

The introduction of LSD and psychedelics into the culture produced a transformation of the entire culture, the consciousness of the culture.

— Ralph Metzner

A great introduction to cultures is their cuisine. It not only reflects their evolution, but also their beliefs and traditions.

— Vikas Khanna

According to Zen Buddhist cosmology there are ten thousand different states of mind to view and understand life through.

— Frederick Lenz

My first European game was a qualifying match against a team from Luxembourg. That was my introduction.

— Martin O'Neill

A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.

— Adam Weishaupt

The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.

— Orison Swett Marden

Zen is meditation, the actual experience of life directly, immediately with no buffers.

— Frederick Lenz

“Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

— Kiki Dee

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English.

— Henry Sweet

Zen is the fastest method I know of, aside from mysticism, of dissolving the fixations people have about spiritual practice and themselves.

— Frederick Lenz

The best introduction to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our time.

— Italo Calvino

“Never make a sales pitch as the way you introduce yourself. What you CAN say is how you help people and businesses.”

— Beth Ramsay

Nothing is any particular way. It's your state of mind that creates reality.

— Frederick Lenz

Amazon creating GameOn could be a very good introduction into competitive gaming.

— Ninja