Rigpa Quotes

#1. When we recognize that the seemingly object nature of reality is nothing different than the subject nature of mind, which is rigpa, it is called enlightenment.

Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

#2. I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

K'naan

#3. Writing is a solitary existence. Making a movie is controlled chaos - thousands of moving parts and people. Every decision is a compromise. If you're writing and you don't like how your character looks or talks, you just fix it. But in a movie, if there's something you don't like, that's tough.

Dan Brown

#4. ... and I submit to you, that science, scientific discovery, especially cosmic discovery, does not become mainstream until the artist embraces the fruits of those discoveries.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#5. Mmmph.' I grunt this to myself in the helpless way you do when something is just so damn delicious. Yeah, I made it, but...what can I say? I'm good.

Emery Lord

#6. You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

Lisa Loeb

#7. The Abbe Paul looked at Agnes rather as Alain had, with respect. 'How sensible. People are desperate to probe mysteries which for the most part are best left unprobed. It is the modern curse: this demented drive to explain every blessed thing. Not everything can be explained. Nor should be, I think.

Salley Vickers

#8. My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets - no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!

Philip Roth

#9. Every now and then I felt like I was Bill's doll.

Charlaine Harris

#10. Most people, when they are set upon looking into other people's affairs, never turn to examine themselves.

Xenophon

#11. So many of my friends are actors, and so many of them are great, and they're losing jobs to people who have never been in plays before; I understand that sometimes I'm part of the problem. But I'm trying to figure out how to balance it.

Anna D. Shapiro

#12. You have untold strengths and resources inside. You have your glorious self.

Sue Monk Kidd