I am a journalist in the field of etiquette. I try to find out what the most genteel people regularly do, what… — Amy Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
People who are advanced meditators don't worry about liberation and self-realization; they instead are interested in the welfare of others and aiding… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A hypocritical etiquette forces us to pretend that the Jews are powerless victims; and if you don't respect their victimhood, they'll destroy… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The way the business things work in Russia is you have to meet people, you have to go through a certain amount… — Marc Almond Copy Share Image
Love makes you wise. Love unites. Pain divides. Hate divides even more. Hate separates and brings us down to a very physical… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The etiquette of intimacy is very different from the etiquette of formality, but manners are not just something to show off to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything,… — Bruce Forsyth Copy Share Image
“As if etiquette weren’t magnificently capable of being used to make others feel uncomfortable. All right. Miss Manners will give you an… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history : the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name.… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I have seen many people, who while you are speaking to them, instead, of looking at, and attending to you, fix their… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
You know, you can make a small mistake in language or etiquette in Britain, or you could when I was younger, and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The teacher has nothing to do with people who use their mental powers to block the enlightenment of others. These people lack… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Some people like a harsh teacher. They feel the demands make them learn more quickly. Some like a gentle teacher because they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The pejorative term 'political correctness' was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Etiquette is the ceremonial code of polite life, more voluminous and minute in each portion of society according to its rank. — John Ramsay McCulloch Copy Share Image
Flaky devotionalism, bowing and scraping and sucking up to the teacher is very phony. It is counterproductive to enlightenment and spiritual development.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Manners are like zero in arithmetic. They may not be much in themselves, but they are capable of adding a great deal… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
“On my way out I didn't look at the dark guy, the suicide bomber, again. I think I didn't look at him… — Assaf Gavron Copy Share Image
In America people have this funny idea about enlightenment and money. Money expresses a level of commitment. Studying enlightenment is like going… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Whatever happened to 'Hey, how are you?' 'Long time, no see.' Apparently you don't have to observe the rules of etiquette when… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
... because lifestyles are changing constantly the rules of etiquette are changing too -- a little slower than lifestyles perhaps, but still changing. — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
Do not be selfish and feel new people will take more of the teacher's attention and you won't get it. That's nonsense.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“How to change the world: • spread positivity • bring people up instead of dragging them down • treat others the way… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Those who practice deserve your respect. If you respect them, you respect yourself. It's easy to be critical, but it does no… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you become obsessive in spiritual practice, if you just try and try, you are not going to be happy. You are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
“Why is etiquette important?” “Because it maintains civility, making it possible for people from different worlds to interact with a minimum of… — Scott Meyer Copy Share Image
Etiquette does not render you defenseless. If it did, even I wouldn't subscribe to it. But rudeness in retaliation for rudeness just… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It's easy to laugh at etiquette, but in a hundred years, our children's grandchildren will almost certainly be laughing at us. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Every doctor will allow a colleague to decimate a whole countryside sooner than violate the bond of professional etiquette by giving him… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
