“Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space if not time, and the obedience, however temporary, of my body to my will. As I run I displace air, and things come and go around me, and the path moves like a filmstrip beneath my feet.” IfsBodyRunningMovingAbilitySpaceExistencePathAirFeetMovementSolitudeSurvivalProofObedienceTemporaryCalmnessComes And GoesEuphoria Book:The Time Traveler's Wife Source: The Time Traveler's Wife
“In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely dependent upon their state of mind.” MindPersonsStatesRealizingAbilityExistencePerceiveDependentState Of MindIntroduction Author:Frederick Lenz
“Past life knowledge is not the wedding album of existence. Past life remembrance in Buddhism is the ability to bring a greater awareness we had in another life into this life.” PastAbilityExistenceGreaterAwarenessBuddhismAlbumsThis LifeRemembrancePast LifeAnother Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on his fellowmen for which he could not charge them. Insofar as the same kind of ability is required for the one kind of invention as for the other, the existence of patents tends to divert activity to patentable inventions.” KindAbilityExistenceOne ThingExampleActivityBenefitsEconomicsInventionInventorPatentsSupermarkets Book:Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition Source: Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
“If, as an actor, you allow yourself to be cocooned from the boring pin-pricks of day-to-day existence - like standing in a queue at the butcher's or any of the other dreary little events that we all have in our daily lives - you begin to lose your lifeline to what people are. And if you lose that, you eventually lose the ability to act.” PeopleIfsLittlesActorsLosesAbilityExistenceEventsStandingBoringDaily LifeDay To DayPinsDrearyButchersQueuesLifelines Author:Glenda Jackson
“The idea that freedom is merely the ability to act upon one's whims is surely very thin and hardly begins to capture the complexities of human existence; a man whose appetite is his law strikes us not as liberated but enslaved.” MenHumansIdeasLawAbilityExistenceStrikesComplexityCaptureAppetiteLiberatedHuman ExistenceWhimComplexity Of Human Author:Theodore Dalrymple
“Camping has become one of my most beloved pastimes. I take a fierce delight in swinging a pak o my back or into a canoe and heading for the hills or lakes. In my opinion, camping can be the greatest expression of free will, personal independence, innate ability, and resourcefulness possible today in our industrialized, urbanized existence. Regardless of how miserable or how splendid the circumstances, the sheer experience of camping seems a total justification for doing it.” SeemsTodayAbilityExistenceOpinionExpressionCircumstancesIndependenceDelightMiserableHillsBelovedLakesFree WillFierceJustificationSheerInnateSplendidHeadingsPastimeCampingResourcefulnessPersonal Independence Author:Anne LaBastille
“All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.” HumansMadeDoneGovernmentFormGrowthAbilityExistenceClassDemocracyGenerationsWallEssentialsRaisedPrivilegeHarmBrokeOperationsEnterpriseDefectsHuman ExistenceForms Of GovernmentDemocracies HaveDeductionsCamaraderieZestPitfalls Book:The Lessons of History Source: The Lessons of History
“It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.” LoveReligionAbilityExistenceChristianityDutyExcellenceValuableTolerableBonds Of LoveDuty To GodGreat Bond Author:Horace Bushnell
“I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. He was an eloquent spokesman for his point of view and no one can honestly doubt that Malcolm had a great concern for the problems we face as a race.” ProblemFacesFeltAbilityViewsRaceExistenceDoubtConcernRootsFingersAffectionPoint Of ViewHonestlyEloquentDeep Affection Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Now: For those of you who are lazy I can offer no hope: death will not bring you an eternal resting place. You may rest, if this is your wish, for a while. Not only must you use your abilities after death, however, but you must face up to yourself for those that you did not use during your previous existence.” IfsMayI CanUseFacesWishAbilityExistenceOffersEternalLazyAfter DeathNo HopeHope Death Author:Seth
“Creativity is the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes of expression; thus it brings into existence something new to the individual and to the culture.” ProblemCultureIndividualAbilityExistenceCreativityExpressionSolutionsSomething NewSolution To A Problem Author:Betty Edwards