“Her genius, as has before been mentioned, is a genius for living, for being vital. Many people merely exist, are kept alive by others, or continue to vegetate because the persistence action of normal function will allow of their doing no less. Bettina Vanderpoel had lived vividly and in the midst of a self-created atmosphere of action from her first hour. It was not possible for her to be one of the horde of mere spectators where soever she moved there was some occult stirring of the mental and even physical air. Her pulses beat too strongly, her blood ran too fast to allow of inaction of mind of body.”
Source: The Shuttle
“It's not enough that i know all that's in me, everyone else must know it, too: Pierre, and that girl who wanted to fly into the sky, everyone must know me, so that my life is not only for myself; so that they don't live like that girl, independently of my life, but so that it is reflected in everyone, and they all live together with me!”
Source: War and Peace
“We must participate in this world that has birthed us. We must not sit around in rawhide rocking chairs with our heads sunk in grief, while the waters trickle past. We must join the waters.”
Source: The Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness: Three Lyrical Short Stories of Texas, Appalachia, and the Untamed American West
“Be slow, but don't sit idle.”
“If the contemplative practices of meditation are ultimately for active life, then long-term monastic retreat from active life might not be the best way to deepen its effects, at least not always or for everyone.”
Source: Living Skillfully: Buddhist Philosophy of Life from the Vimalakirti Sutra
“We see the pain and the misery around the world and what the demonic kingdom and the devil and demons have done to mankind.”
Source: Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms
“Perhaps one of the greatest means to achieve global peace and harmony is cultural exchange. It opens up the vistas of human understanding and further expands our universal consciousness. Let us raise ourselves from the narrow perspective of being a citizen of a particular country to global citizenship that is the greatest demand of modern world.”
Source: The Voyage to Eternity
“Ariel learned why humans wore shoes and boots on their feet, how many seasons there were in a year, what telescopes did, and how to spit out the olive seeds from the salad Eric had brought. And in turn, she taught Eric how to read a fish's face for emotion, why Atlantica had been kept a secret from humans, and the best tactics for evading sharks.”
Source: A Twisted Tale Anthology
“I can think of no one better than Ariel to find a bridge between our two worlds."
Ariel smiled back at him shyly.
"It'll be a cultural exchange, too." Sebastian raised his claws in delight. "There's nothing that shows off Atlantica better than our music. Shall we have a concert to introduce this young merman to our kingdom?"
"You can play your snarfblatt," said Ariel, still smiling. Then she took Eric's hand, and together they dove--- two worlds meeting, just as the sky meets the sea.”
Source: A Twisted Tale Anthology
“As you move along the spectrum, the market-entry vehicles become more expensive, riskier, and require a greater time commitment”
Source: Go Glocal: The Definitive Guide to Success in Entering International Markets