Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. – Aesop
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We come to this work because the alternative, being consumed by the effort to ignore the mystery of being, is no longer acceptable. – Ken McLeod, Wake Up To Your Life: Discovering the Buddhist Path of Attention
Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
My mom and dad worked very hard to give me the best chance in – not just in golf but in life. You know, I was an only child, you know, my dad worked three jobs at one stage. My mom worked night shifts in a factory. – Rory McIlroy
It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because theyre not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans. – Eric Hobsbawm
