Jon Kabat-Zinn I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism into the mainstream of medicine was tantamount to the Visigoths being at the gates about to tear down the citadel of Western civilization. – Jon Kabat-Zinn Bringing Quotes Buddhism Quotes Buddhist Quotes Citadel Quotes Civilization Quotes Clinic Quotes Gates Quotes Idea Quotes Mainstream Quotes Medicine Quotes Meditation Quotes Reduction Quotes Started Quotes Stress Quotes Tantamount Quotes Tear Quotes Visigoths Quotes Western Quotes You don’t need the iPhone: you have the most exquisite apparatus in the known universe sitting right in your head – the most complex organization of matter in the entire universe. And here are we, feeling a little depressed, feeling like we’re not getting where we need to be, when really you might be exactly where you need to be. When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years. If you are not careful, you can be too absorbed in work, and they will be only too happy to tell you about it later. Being a parent is one of greatest mindfulness practices of all.
Haruki Murakami In Japan, the writers have made up a literary community, a circle, a society. I think 90 percent of Japan’s writers live in Tokyo. Naturally, they make a community. There are groups and customs, and so they are tied up in a way. – Haruki Murakami
Ehud Barak I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he’s the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land. – Ehud Barak
Katelyn Ohashi Floor is where I get to express myself. That’s, like my party time, like my play time. – Katelyn Ohashi
Rose Leslie It’s nice to get my teeth into something that isn’t a stereotypical female role. – Rose Leslie
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