quotes about Cards You're Dealt

“Some communities will be abandoned, others will struggle along, others will split, others will flourish, gain members, and be duplicated elsewhere. Each community must win and hold the voluntary adherence of its members. No pattern is imposed on everyone, and the result will be one pattern if and only if everyone voluntarily chooses to live in accordance with that pattern of community.”

Source : Robert Nozick (1974). “Anarchy, state, and utopia”

“I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard.”

“We should try to be happy, just to set an example”

“I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!”

Source : "Her Majesty Queen Noor: Yogi & Devoted Warrior for Peace". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“I dont want to repeat my mistakes.”

“The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear this mindfulness of now into each event of ordinary life.”

“I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.”

“How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!”

“What is beyond the mind, has no boundary, In it our senses end.”

“With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.”