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  • Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ada Louise Huxtable Quotes , People Quotes , Waiting Quotes
  • The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Confucius Quotes , Men Quotes , People Quotes
  • To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument of violence, is a rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling, and, above all, is immoral.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , People Quotes , Rude Quotes
  • Yet even the rich have their own kind of suffering, anxiety, doubt, and fear. So in many cases, wealthy people aren't happy! And once those with material wealth encounter small difficulties, their amount of mental suffering is sometimes bigger than it is for those who have faced such difficulties every day.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , People Quotes , Anxiety Quotes
  • I can't define "God," so to be open to the mystical and mystery of God is a natural part of myself. So people criticize me for not being what they are, and I say, it's working for me and has worked for me and continues to work for me, in a way that fills me with a sense of peace and contentment about what God means to me.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Oprah Winfrey Quotes , Mean Quotes , People Quotes