Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. – John W. Gardner
A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, Im happy with myself if Im a little heavier. I realized: Why am I trying to conform to someone elses idea of beauty? I think Im beautiful either way. – Khloe Kardashian
My dad doesnt get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesnt understand them. Hes just laughing because people around him are laughing. – Zach Galifianakis
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