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"What's the point in being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watching TV."
"I don't think anywhere is there a symbiotic relationship between caddie and player like there is in golf."
"We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery."
"It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame."
"I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out."
"I'm running because I think the world is falling apart."
"Think beyond the pain. Think beyond the difficulty. Commit to having one good idea every day. What new idea will you claim today?"
"There’s a greatness in not caring what people think"
"Man is a thinking being. The way he thinks is related to society, politics, economics, and history and is also related to very general and universal categories and formal structures. But thought is something other than societal relations."
"I think to be a rich and successful person in Roman society would be pretty fabulous. They had all of the comforts we want now - central heating, baths, medicine. If I could choose not to indulge in all the things they did I don't agree with, then I could be perfectly comfortable without a mobile phone, computer or anything."
"I'm a much happier guy than a lot of people think I am."
"The more we think of others, the happier we are. The more we think of ourselves, the more suffering we feel."
"People think of animals as if they were vegetables, and that is not right. We have to change the way people think about animals. I encourage the Tibetan people and all people to move toward a vegetarian diet that doesn’t cause suffering."
"[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop."
"God is not a static thing...but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost, if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance."
"Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!""
"Once the pain-body has taken you over, you want more pain. You become a victim or a perpetrator. You want to inflict pain, or you want to suffer pain, or both. There isn't really much difference between the two. You are not conscious of this, of course, and will vehemently claim that you do not want pain. But look closely and you will find that your thinking and behavior are designed to keep the pain going, for yourself and others. If you were truly conscious of it, the pattern would dissolve, for to want more pain is insanity, and nobody is consciously insane."
"How many situations can be resolved with less thinking?"
"Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird."
"The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place."
