Nanzenji Quotes

#1. At university - when I was supposed to be studying biochemistry - I had tried to write a children's book about a boy and a wolf cub, and there was a paragraph in that which was from the wolf's point of view.

Michelle Paver

#2. She let the jealousy slip out of her fingertips.

Jodi Lynn Anderson

#3. There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

Gus Van Sant

#4. Cobbles and kettledrums! ... I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlit climb and broken necks.

C.S. Lewis

#5. I own a home in Kyoto, Japan actually on the temple on grounds in Nanzenji that is going to become a Japanese art museum.

Larry Ellison

#6. The comment threw her off a little, not because of the words - words were cheap, after all - but because of the way Callan looked when he said it.

K.M. Shea

#7. There's always been war," said Veillard. "But people quickly get accustomed to peace. So they think it's normal. No, war is what's normal.

Albert Camus

#8. To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

#9. So he pointed to the unit patch on his uniform shirt and said, "U.S. . . . Air Force . . . American." The sturdy, gray-haired woman nodded and seemed relieved, understanding Musgrove. The women nodded their heads and pointed to themselves, saying, "Yugoslavian.

Gregory A. Freeman

#10. To not follow the dharma, either intentionally or through lack of awareness, creates a very low level of attention. In this low level of attention we make all kinds of mistakes and we are unhappy no matter what good fortune befalls us.

Frederick Lenz