Keown Quotes

#1. In the private system and the private schools, the principal is pretty much a dictator. He or she can hire whoever s/he wants. Of course, in the movie, in the story, she makes a mistake by hiring him. But, if she doesn't, I have no story.

Philippe Falardeau

#2. It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much limited to an elite.

Tom Robbins

#3. In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.

Yuliya Snigir

#4. Individuals create themselves through their moral choices. By freely and repeatedly choosing certain sorts of things, an individual shapes their character, and through their character their future.

Damien Keown

#5. history has no overall direction or purpose

Damien Keown

#6. Teachings not validated by personal experience are of little value.

Damien Keown

#7. Understanding is the essence of enlightenment.

-Harrar

Greg Keyes

#8. God loves fractals!)

Daniel Keown

#9. all living creatures are entitled to respect in their own right, not simply because of the utility they may possess for other humans.

Damien Keown

#10. I have heard great music--even sublime music. I've heard music fit for princes, for kings. I have hard music fit for any monarch. But that night, for the first time in my life, I heard music fit for God.

J. Scott Featherstone

#11. It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

Malcolm Turnbull

#12. Zen has a pronounced iconoclastic tendency, and regards the study of texts, doctrines, and dogmas as a potential hindrance to spiritual awakening, relying instead on humour, spontaneity, unconventionality, poetry, and other forms of artistic expression to communicate the idea of enlightenment

Damien Keown

#13. Decay is inherent in all things.

Damien Keown

#14. Is it necessary to believe in the existence of the six realms and the heavens and hells to be a Buddhist? Not necessarily. It is possible to interpret these as, perhaps, referring to other dimensions of existence, parallel universes, or simply states of mind.

Damien Keown

#15. There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.

Alan Shearer