“Because everybody who has ever lost their way in life has felt the nagging insistence of that question. At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze, and I dont want us to forget Alaska, and I don't want to forget that even when the material we study seems boring, we're trying to und3erstand how people answered that question and the question each of you posed in your papers--how different traditions have come to terms with what Chip, in his final, called 'people's rotten lots in life.” PeopleWayWantTryingLooksDifferentSeemsLostFeltTermRealizingForgetStudyMaterialsPaperTraditionFinalsBoringLook UpPapersChipsRottenAlaskaLabyrinthMazesInsistenceNaggingWay In Life Author:John Green
“She had wanted more than she could have. She had wanted him, and more... she had wanted him to want her. In the name of something bigger than tradition, bolder than reputation, more important than a silly title.” WantImportantWantedNamesTraditionBiggerSillyReputationTitles Author:Sarah MacLean
“No," she said firmly. "I want you to stay when I go. Break tradition again, my love, and burn me alone in the home we built. I don't want you with me. You aren't done. You see too far ahead. You need to make the world in your thoughts a real one that our children can fly in." - Matalina to Jenks” WorldWantNeedsChildrenSaidRealDoneHomeBreakBuiltTraditionOur ChildrenI Want YouMe AloneReal Ones Author:Kim Harrison
“The longer a person has been dead the greater is the tradition... If Buddha is alive you can barely tolerate him... You cannot believe this man has known the ultimate because he looks just like you... Hungry he needs food, sleepy he wants a bed, ill, he has to rest - just like you... That is why Jesus is worshiped now and yet he was crucified when he was alive. Alive, you crucify him; dead, you worship him.” IfsMenWantNeedsBelieveLooksPersonsHas BeensJesusKnownGreaterAliveLike YouBedWorshipTraditionUltimateIllHungryTolerateSleepy Author:Rajneesh
“The United States of America is still run by its citizens. The government works for us. Rank imperialism and warmongering are not American traditions or values. We do not need to dominate the world. We want and need to work with other nations. We want to find solutions other than killing people. Not in our name, not with our money, not with our children's blood.” PeopleWorldWantNeedsChildrenStillsStatesGovernmentRunningAmericaValuesNamesNationsPeaceUnitedUnited StatesBloodCitizensSolutionsTraditionOur ChildrenKillingUnited States Of AmericaImperialismUbuntuWants And NeedsAmerican TraditionGovernment Work Author:Molly Ivins
“The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The second means knowing what you really trust.” MenWantFirstsMeanTwoReligiousLibertyKnowingHe ManTraditionObedienceTwo ThingsReligious Traditions Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in my family is the annual conversation he and I have where I say, 'Hey, Dad, what do you want for Father's Day this year?' and he says, 'Nothing.' Then I ask my mom what I should get him and she says, 'He likes sandalwood soap, dangly jewelry and Chanel No. 5 perfume.'” IfsWantShouldYearsAsksFatherMinesMomDadConversationTraditionMy FamilyMy MomLikesHeyCluePerfumeSoapJewelryFathers DayAnnualsYour DadFunny Fathers DayFunny FatherFunny Happy Fathers DayBest DadSandalwood Author:Michael Showalter
“If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for people to talk to their heart. There are rituals, stories, and meditative skills in every spiritual tradition that awaken the voice of the heart. To live wisely, this practice is essential, because our heart is the source of our connection to and intimacy with all of life. And life is love. This mysterious quality of love is all around us, as real as gravity... Yet how often we forget about love.” PeopleIfsWantHeartRealSoulStoriesSpiritualLife IsCultureVoiceForgetLove IsQualityPracticeWiseSourceSkillsEssentialsTraditionConnectionsAncientMysteriousIntimacyRitualGravityListen To Your Heart Author:Jack Kornfield
“If you want it you must obtain it by great labor.” IfsWantBasketballTraditionLaborIndividual Talent Author:T. S. Eliot
“My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.” WantMadeArtistParentCollegeAuthorityStandardsTraditionProfessorsCollege Professors Author:Maya Lin
“My idea is that the Koran is a kind of cocktail of texts that were not all understood even at the time of Muhammad. Many of them may even be a hundred years older than Islam itself. Even within Islamic traditions there is a huge body of contradictory information, including a significant Christian substrate; one can derive a whole Islamic anti-history from them if one wants.” IfsWantYearsKindMayIdeasWholeBodyChristianInformationHugeUnderstoodHundredTraditionIslamIncludingSignificantIslamicContradictoryMuhammadCocktails Author:Gerd R. Puin
“Nobody I know is as committed to excellence as Donald Palmisano. He symbolizes everything that is good about our country. If Horatio Alger were alive today, heʼd want to be just like Dr. Palmisano, one of the true Renaissance men Iʼve had the privilege and pleasure of knowing! On Leadership continues in his tradition of excellence.” IfsKnowsMenWantCountryTodayPleasureKnowingAliveTraditionExcellencePrivilegeCommittedOur CountryDrsRenaissanceLive For TodayHoratioRenaissance Man Author:Paul Galanti
“I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of Pittsburgh.” PeopleWantLongPrideTraditionPittsburghSteelersPittsburgh Steelers Author:Bill Cowher
“There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.” WantTwoPeaceReligiousMoralTraditionIrelandDenominationsNorthern Ireland Author:David Trimble
“The Toltec tradition tells us that we surrender a portion of our life force when we dwell on any unhealed wounding event from our past. The unprocessed emotions surrounding these events burden us and weigh heavily on our hearts. They must be dealt with if we want access to all of our vitality. Ultimately, what we will find is that forgiveness is the key to reclaiming all the life force locked in past hurt.” IfsWantHeartPastForceHurtEmotionOur LivesEventsKeysTraditionBurdenAccessSurrenderPortionsLockedOur PastVitality Author:Debbie Ford