Confusing Confucius Quotes

#1. There is a sense of competition in Zen. You are competing with your thoughts and trying to overcome them.

Frederick Lenz

#2. If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

Michelle Obama

#3. If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.

Seneca The Elder

#4. So much better to travel than to arrive.

Margaret Atwood

#5. The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.

Joyce Carol Oates

#6. The very first day that President [Barack] Obama was inaugurated, his first act as a president was to rescind that ban on third-trimester abortions. And he's even carried it further. Now, even if the baby is born alive, they have the right to kill that baby. It is an abomination.

Ted Cruz

#7. When I do yoga, it gets all sweaty, and the best thing for dried up hair isn't shampoo, it's sweat.

Wayne Coyne

#8. Green screen's not my favourite thing to do.

Julianne Moore

#9. Okay, can you pass yourself off as a magician and gain Gerald's trust and pass us information about Celeste's plans and save all the magicians who want to be saved? Jaime asked. Because if so awesome. I shall stay here and eat pie.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#10. progress of the ethic of diffusion and liberalization has meant growing estrangement from precisely these prerequisites for human flourishing, especially among the least advantaged Americans.

Yuval Levin

#11. I needed the loss. I needed to lose to win. Like they say, 'If you lose, don't lose the lessons.

Phyllis George Brown