Meditation Quotes

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well

being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Just as a snake sheds its skin,

we must shed our past over and over again.

We gon’ be alright.

Speak your truth,

even if your voice shakes.

Stop looking at me,

swan!

All generalizations are false,

including this one.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

Preachers in pulpits talked about

what a great message is in the book.

No matter what you do,

somebody always imputes meaning into your books.

Everything in life is luck.

If four things are followed

having a great aim,

acquiring knowledge,

hard work,

and perseverance

then anything can be achieved.

Stay true to yourself;

the world will try to change you.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that

they can be great in whatever they want to do.

The difference between successful people

and really successful people

is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do.

Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

Fashion is a weapon.

If you’re not first,

you’re last.

The black press, some liberal sportswriters,

and even a few politicians were banging away

at those Jim Crow barriers in baseball.

I never expected the walls to come tumbling down in my lifetime.

Against the assault of laughter,

nothing can stand.

My hair grows and grows;

you cannot stop it

that fellow grows,

it grows wild.