Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.
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I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart.
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Declaring independence was the most traumatic decision I had to live up to. Because I didn't want to do it.
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What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.
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The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests.
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You know, I'm a curvy woman and I just want to be comfortable with that.
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The Jews fastened their religion upon the Western world, not because it was more reasonable than the religions of their contemporaries - as a matter of fact, it was vastly less reasonable than many of them - but because it was far more poetical.
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I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.
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The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
