Swaminathan Foundation Quotes

#1. Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

Tariq Ramadan

#2. Her trut meant more to him than he could have possibly imagined. But how the hell was he supposed to keep this light when everything about it felt more like ... everything?

Jill Shalvis

#3. I have no religion,' says Borneau, 'but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.' Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

Jules Renard

#4. When one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.

Lord Chesterfield

#5. Don't do what should not be done, and don't desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.

Mencius

#6. Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.

Gwendolyn Brooks

#7. What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

James Hansen

#8. For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's become my definition of art; to get that pitch just right, where I can put a hint on page three, and the reader's ears go up a bit, as opposed to dropping it all on the first page.

George Saunders

#9. Just do you. Go with the flow and with your life because that's you experiencing life. You being yourself is you doing your purpose, so the more we get out of the mindset of thinking there's a certain way to go about things, the more free we become.

Keke Palmer

#10. When the field of vision has been unified, the inner being comes to rest, and that inner peaceableness flows into the outer world is harmony and compassion.

Cynthia Bourgeault

#11. Wesley Rush doesn't date, he fucks - everyone, for that matter.

Kody Keplinger

#12. He invited me to dinner Thursday night," Rusty said. "I'm going to have to go to his house."
"I don't think he invited you to dinner," Delilah said. "I think he invited you because you are dinner.

Penelope Rivers

#13. My guitar playing has not developed as much as I think it could because I never practice. I only play when I'm writing or recording or when I'm playing on tour. When I'm sitting around at home, I never play.

Juliana Hatfield

#14. I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, i'll be nice to you. Simple as that!

Eminem