Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.
-Etty Hillesum
I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
-William Goldman
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
-Thomas Jefferson