Oriental Philosophy Quotes

#1. I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

#2. It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.

Frederick Lenz

#3. First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance.

William C. Brown

#4. Positive thoughts keep you in harmony with the universe.

Wayne Dyer

#5. Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

Warren Buffett

#6. A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.

H.L. Mencken

#7. There are some great roles mostly in Shakespeare's tragedies which no one can play at full strength from beginning to end. One simply hopes that one can hit the peaks as often as one has the strength.

Peggy Ashcroft

#8. Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

David Bezmozgis

#9. While you're pregnant, I suggest that you eat like you regularly do. Yes you can eat a little more, but eat healthier for as long as you can.

Constance Marie

#10. It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.

Thomas Sowell

#11. Once dishonesty is introduced, distrust becomes the hallmark of future dealings or associations.

Jon M. Huntsman Sr.

#12. I grew up partially around Stone Mountain, Georgia, and in that part of the country, there was always this aura of mythology and palpable sense of otherness about being a Southerner.

Kara Walker

#13. I told you, I don't like to share."

That made her grin. "I don't either. That part was never an act."

~Trance/Rik

Sydney Croft

#14. To consider yourself an environmentalist and still eat meat is like saying you're a philanthropist who doesn't give to charity.

Howard Lyman

#15. If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

Mira Nair

#16. The books in the tote bag banged against her side as she pushed her bike, bringing her back to the present. The weight of the books grounded her, giving her careening emotions purchase with their heft and substance.

Jenn McKinlay

#17. We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we inhibit our breathing we isolate ourselves from the medium in which we exist. In all Oriental and mystic philosophies, the breath holds the secret to the highest bliss.

Alexander Lowen

#18. Live in the moment, just do it - those are phrases thrown around by people who don't know what they mean. Just do it - it's idiotic. You could slap that slogan on a picture of Hitler and it would make as much sense. He did it, all right.

Gregory Galloway

#19. [Alan] Watts did two main things for me. He opened up the connections between what I was doing and the traditional Oriental philosophies. And he pointed me toward the distinction between Self and Mind.

Werner Erhard