Initially the student, in some traditions, is given a mantra, a particular word of power to focus on. While thoughts are cascading… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Yoga's most sublime objective is to awaken an exalted state of spiritual realization; however, the tradition also recognizes that this state does… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
To keep up even a worthwhile tradition means vitiating the idea behind it which must necessarily be in a constant state of… — Alfred Jarry Copy Share Image
We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The prosperity and advancement of a nation depend upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa… — Terryl L. Givens Copy Share Image
I find when most people are honest about their spiritual pilgrimage, they admit to the difficulty of maintaining the habit of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
On the evidence we have, the meritocratic ideal ends up being just as undemocratic as the old emphasis on inheritance and tradition,… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
While often being called transdisciplinary, theonomous reasoning is actually a first step back to ancient wisdom in which methodological sensation [or what… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
And when you are entering into poetry, whatever stage you're at, you are participating in something with a very long and noble… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Can currently existing religion be disentangled from the misogyny of its texts, its traditions, and its practices? ... a resounding NO: misogyny… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Some of our earliest codes of ethics in the so-called Western World are little more than a rewriting of the Ten Commandments.… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
For seven years, I made films in the cinema verite tradition - photographing what was happening without manipulating it. Then I realised… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I am very aware that I'm the product of growing up in England and the tradition of designing and making, of England… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
There's a very old tradition of theater actors doing their own makeup. It's like putting on your mask. There's an element of… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
The value for me being in a mainline tradition is history and memory, which is not just Christian tradition but denominational tradition,… — Barbara Brown Taylor Copy Share Image
he very word "patient" implies passivity and powerlessness. Me-teacher-you-dumbbell, or me-doctor-you-patient, or me-politician-you-voter, or any other paternalistic or maternalistic stay-in-your-place tradition will… — Andrew Saul Copy Share Image
We can't really waste our time; we have to see that we are all in the same boat and that different religious… — David Steindl-Rast Copy Share Image
I consider myself an ordinary Muslim who is constantly working to put himself in the framework established by the Koran and the… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
It would be foolish to despise tradition. But with our growing self-consciousness and increasing intelligence we must begin to control tradition and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
After a long time spent learning how to write as a woman instead of as an honorary man, I was able to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
If your grandparents are Mexican, you can relate through the roots of the show [Top Chef], through the food, through the traditions… — Ana Claudia Talancon Copy Share Image
Although contemporary advertising is relatively young, it already has a considerable tradition. Each new ad is encountered against a background of thousands… — Guy Cook Copy Share Image
Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
Every other country where there's absolute chaos now, what is it? They're pluralistic without consensus. Look at almost every single country, from… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage. The outcome of this debate is important-and so is the way we conduct it.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The Super Bowl is an occasion that's really associated with abundance - lots of snacks, parties, spectacle - and so it would… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image