Master Roshi Quotes

#1. In the mind of the beginner, all things are possible, But in the mind of the expert, only a few. Zen Master Suzuki-Roshi

Barbara L. Jordan

#2. The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -Yasutani Roshi, Zen master (1885-1973)

Yasutani Roshi

#3. So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours.

Joan Armatrading

#4. Life has become unbearable ... Forgive me.

Dalida

#5. Anybody with a good sense of humor is one-up on their competition. We respond to somebody who has the ability to make us laugh. It's a bonding influence.

Robert Orben

#6. You would realize that all the cookies were formed in the same mold. And what is more, Sophie, you are now seized by the irresistible desire to see this mold. Because clearly, the mold itself must be utter perfection - and in a sense, more beautiful - in comparison with these crude copies.

Jostein Gaarder

#7. Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.

Mason Cooley

#8. For men can endure to hear others praised only so long as they can severally persuade themselves of their own ability to equal the actions recounted: when this point is passed, envy comes in and with it incredulity.

Thucydides

#9. Swear off boys, Penelope. Do yourself a favor and stay away from evil, soul-sucking penises.

Mary Elizabeth

#10. Some of the greatest uprisings and consequent civil wars in Mexico have centered squarely on the ownership of land.

Wole Soyinka

#11. I think if they hadn't scored, we might have got a better result.

Howard Wilkinson

#12. I don't buy into that whole concept of success that I have this mountain with this moat around it and then I get into my big car and drive to my destination and never see people. That's not my concept of success.

Lauryn Hill

#13. I am a free market Republican. I am against subsidies, in most cases.

Rudy Giuliani

#14. I always said this and the people think it's a cute answer, but I say we have always been in the system and that's why we fight because we don't like the system. We are trying to transform it.

Huey Newton

#15. Every crisis offers you extra desired power.

William Moulton Marston

#16. I stole this from Zen Master Suzuki Roshi: If it's not paradoxical it's not true!

C.B. Murphy