Breathing Quotes

1116 quotes by 811 authors

Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make… — Murray Bookchin
Just as the first sign of life in an infant when born into the world is the act of breathing, so the first act of… — J C Ryle
Breathing, according to me, corresponds to taking charge of one's own life. — Luce Irigaray
Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. — Jack Kornfield
My own personal task is not simply that of poet and writer (still less commentator, pseudo-prophet); it is basically to praise God out of an… — Thomas Merton
The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a… — Edwin M. Stanton
For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't… — Mark Steyn
Hannibal at eighteen was rooting for Mephistopheles and contemptuous of Faust, but he only half-listened to the climax. He was watching and breathing Lady Murasaki... — Thomas Harris
Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so pleased and excited… — Terry Gilliam
According to energy medicine, we are all living history books. Our bodies contain our histories- every chapter, line and verse of every event and relationship… — Caroline Myss
Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context… — Chuck D
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state, however constituted. "He… — Edmund Burke
If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be. — Joel Osteen
I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and… — Gabriel Marcel
Yes, I sold buttons to earn living. But I took pictures to keep on living. Pictures are my life â€“ as necessary as eating or… — Alfred Eisenstaedt
To speak of â€˜limits to growthâ€™ under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society.… — Murray Bookchin
Blue is the insides of something mysterious and lonely. I'd look at fish and birds, thinking the sky and water colored them. The first abyss… — Yusef Komunyakaa
First we attacked the Russian soldiers with our gases, and then when we saw the poor fellows lying there, dying slowly, we tried to make… — Otto Hahn
Breathing deeply and releasing fear will help you get to where you want to be. — Iyanla Vanzant
The Earth is a living, breathing entity. Without ongoing care and nurturing, there will be consequences too big to ignore. — David Holmgren

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