Basil Pennington Quotes
Monks realize well that when the consciousness of one person is raised, the whole of humanity is raised; when the quality of life of one improves, all improve. Or, to put it in another, more biblical, way, the increased health and vitality of any one cell vitalizes the whole Body of Christ.
Basil Pennington
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I don't have a radio or TV going all the time. It's very important to have awareness, to know when you tense up and then to stop that.
Barbara Sukowa
For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
Haley Bennett
I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
Haley Joel Osment
I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
J. B. Smoove
For me, Islam is a moral reference point, a source of inspiration to work collectively with people, to love people and to help them, to concentrate on universal values of mercy, co-operation and tolerance.
Wadah Khanfar
I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.
Pamela Anderson
To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
Larry Elder
When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'
Zara Larsson
I would never want a book's autograph. I am a proud non-reader of books.
Kanye West
Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.
Walter Annenberg
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
H. L. Mencken
Whether or not they exist, we're slaves to the gods.
Fernando Pessoa
I do detest all offices - all, at least, that are held on a political tenure. And I want nothing to do with politicians. Their hearts wither away, and die out of their bodies. Their consciences are turned to india-rubber, or to some substance as black as that, and which will stretch as much.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ultimately, I conclude that however we understand existence, what gives meaning to our lives are those things that serve our neurochemically based emotional self-interest in a sustainable way.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
‘Here we go again,’ he thought. ‘Drink and reminiscence. Another day of wasted time. They’re right when they say we drink too much out here. And we slobber too much over ourselves....We’re all sorry for ourselves because we’re not big executives or artists or happily married men in a civilized temperate climate.’
Anthony Burgess
Anybody who makes speeches written by someone else is just a robot.
Joe Strummer
The Clash
Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
Akio Morita
And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask them what in the world was going on, I was told that they did not work for me and I had no right to have access to any one of them.
Janis Karpinski
And I don't see that popular measures, self-abnegation and democracy have done anything for Man but push him further into the mud. Currently, popularity endorses degraded novels, self-abnegation has filled the Southeast Asian jungles with stone idols and corpses, and democracy has given us inflation and income tax.
L. Ron Hubbard
Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators censor or ban books. It's why it was illegal to teach slaves to read. It's why girls in developing countries have acid thrown in their faces when they walk to school.
Karin Slaughter
I think they (U.S. Congress) hurt our relationships with people that we are trying to get communication and coordination from.
Bernard Kerik
As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
Dan Rather
My own experience as a person with blood type O was that my health, strength, and vitality significantly improved when I became a vegetarian ... I have also found a significant number of very healthy vegetarians who are Type O.
Gabriel Cousens
Monks realize well that when the consciousness of one person is raised, the whole of humanity is raised; when the quality of life of one improves, all improve. Or, to put it in another, more biblical, way, the increased health and vitality of any one cell vitalizes the whole Body of Christ.
Basil Pennington
