Bhikkhu Bodhi Quotes

Truthful speech provides, in the sphere of interpersonal communication, a parallel to wisdom in the sphere of private understanding.

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• I went to a woman for advice about how to be in business, but I learned a great deal from men.

  

  Victoria Principal
  • Great
  • Men
  • Business

• I have selective hearing.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Hearing
  • Selective

• Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

  

  Malcolm Cowley
  • Life
  • Different
  • Long

• All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Work
  • Help
  • Health

• I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.

  

  Olly Murs
  • People
  • Me
  • Promise

• The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • Time
  • School
  • Study

• Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Teenager
  • Go
  • Through

• Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Fear
  • Childhood
  • Memories

• Hugo Boss is my kind of label.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Kind
  • Boss
  • Hugo

• Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • Space
  • Idea

• Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Important
  • Women
  • American

• When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • War
  • Government
  • Group

• If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • People
  • Want
  • Stop

• The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Personality
  • Lose
  • Rights

• There's no time for boys in my life right now.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Life
  • Time
  • My Life

• Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.

  

  Karl Popper
  • Science
  • Criticism
  • Myths

• The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • Spirit
  • Vote
  • Suffrage

• Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.

  

  Camilo Villegas
  • Time
  • Sometimes
  • Golf

• I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

  

  Venus Williams
  • World
  • Believe
  • Women

• My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?

  

  Arthur Rimbaud
  • Wisdom
  • Chaos
  • Amazement

• Compassion suits our physical condition, whereas anger, fear and distrust are harmful to our well-being. Therefore, just as we learn the importance of physical hygiene to physical health, to ensure healthy minds, we need to learn some kind of emotional hygiene.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Fear
  • Health
  • Wisdom

• The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom.

  

  Erich Maria Remarque
  • Wisdom
  • Authority
  • Represented

• Truthful speech provides, in the sphere of interpersonal communication, a parallel to wisdom in the sphere of private understanding.

  

  Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • Wisdom
  • Communication
  • Speech