Quotes 161 till 180 of 358.
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Life lives; and in the living flow, no questions are raised. The reason is that life is a living now! So, in order to live life whole-heartedly, the answer is life simply is.
Striking Thoughts (2000) -
Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
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Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.
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Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.
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Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.
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Love is simply the name for the desire and the pursuit of the whole.
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Make it impossible for [the authority] to operate within the system as usual... making it impossible for him simply to strike back without thought and with all his strength.
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Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
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Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
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Many writers over the centuries simply do not have the reputations they deserve because they were female, and that is an act of suppression.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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Meditation is to get out of your psychosis and to get out of your neurosis; it is simply to slip out of them.
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Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if the mind is sick, your consciousness is never sick. Even if your mind is going crazy, you are just witnessing it. Mind is only a machine. You are not.
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Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful.
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Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
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Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it.
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Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. This painting here. I bought it 10 years ago for 60 thousand dollars. I could sell it today for 600. The illusion has become real and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it.
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Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift the track into place. Because the systems operate above traffic, collisions with errant motorists are never an issue. The trains are automated, saving millions in labor costs in the long run.
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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
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Most of us... are simply just trying to get through the day. And wait for those times in their life that are markers, that put things into relief. That's why we like movies and books so much.
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