“The whole financial structure of Wall Street seems to rise or fall on the mere fact that the Federal Reserve Bank raises or lowers the amount of interest. Any business that can't survive a one percent change must be skating on thin ice. Why even the poor farmer took a raise of another ten percent just to get a loan from the bank, and nobody from the government paid any attention. But you let Wall Street have a nightmare and the whole country has to help to get them back into bed again.” CountryWholeFactsHelpingSeemsGovernmentFallInterestPoorAttentionStreetsWallAmountBedTenPercentEconomicsPaidRaisesStructureMereFinancialIceNightmareFarmersReservesLoanSkatingFederal ReserveSkating On Thin Ice Author:Will Rogers
“Wherefore a monk's whole attention should thus be fixed on one point, and the rise and circle of all his thoughts be vigorously restricted to it; viz., to the recollection of God, as when a man, who is anxious to raise on high a vault of a round arch, must constantly draw a line round from its exact centre, and in accordance with the sure standard it gives discover by the laws of building all the evenness and roundness required.” MenGivingShouldWholeLawLinesAttentionBuildingDrawsStandardsRaisesRoundsCirclesFixedAnxiousCentreMonkRecollectionArchesVaults Book:John Cassian Collection [4 Books] Source: John Cassian Collection [4 Books]
“The great thing about Twitter is, you get a lot back, and I read through a lot, and I want my fans to know that I do read a lot, and it's why I do respond or retweet clever posts, and I'm constantly amazed by the cleverness of people on Twitter. I just think it's a really great tool to communicate with fans and influence conversations and raise awareness about things I'm interested in, that I think deserve some attention.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantAttentionFansInfluenceAwarenessConversationDeserveToolsRaisesCommunicateCleverGreat ThingsPostsAmazedReally GreatClevernessRetweet Author:Elizabeth Banks
“Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust.” IdeasAttentionMusicAirJourneyShapesRaisesDustListenersMudHasteLag Book:Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia Source: Black lamb and grey falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia
“Buddhism is perception, gaining control of the mind and directing one's attention, to raise the kundalini energy so that it flows with such volatility and force that we simply perceive life correctly.” MindEnergyForceAttentionBuddhismPerceptionFlowRaisesBuddhistPerceiveCosmologyVolatility Author:Frederick Lenz