Meditation is one of the rare occasions when we're not doing anything. Otherwise, we're always doing something, we're always thinking something, we're… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
(T)here was a story they used to tell at home about a girl whose punishment was that every time she opened her… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My act now is completely different. I took two years off when I first got with my wife and it was because… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Look, it's easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire," Jace said. "They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from officially consecrated… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
The President wants to talk about a terrorist named bin Laden. I don't want to talk about bin Laden. I want to… — Malik Zulu Shabazz Copy Share Image
The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I think in rural settings, people have a different appreciation for animals than might the city dweller. In parts of India where… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“A crease of disquiet snakes across his brow. 'Your father plays with fire to gather them together like that. They are too… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
One of the characteristics of North American culture is that you can always start again. You can always move forward, cross a… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My mother taught me to read before I went to school, so I was pretty bored in school, and I turned into… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
Never to have seen anything but the temperate zone is to have lived on the fringe of the world. Between the Tropic… — David Fairchild Copy Share Image
“Favorite Quotations. I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue. The worth of a book is measured by what… — Pat Frayne Copy Share Image
I know death is the fascinating snake under the leaves, sliding and sliding; I know the heart loves him too, can't turn… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
All any feeling wants is to be welcomed with tenderness. It wants room to unfold. It wants to relax and tell its… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
