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- If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
- Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
- Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.
- Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
- Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention.
- Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
- Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can't see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can and then trust in an unfolding we can't design or ordain.
- Sharon Salzberg, O Magazine, The Power of Intention, January 2004
- Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
- Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)
- No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
- Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 01-04-04
- I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.
- Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 05, 2004
- I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.
- Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, January 04, 2004
- Sometimes it's good to contrast what you like with something else. It makes you appreciate it even more.
- Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, 2001
- I am going to concentrate on what's important in life. I'm going to strive everyday to be a kind and generous and loving person. I'm going to keep death right here, so that anytime I even think about getting angry at you or anybody else, I'll see death and I'll remember.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Do The Right Thing, 1992
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