willhave QUOTES

1 " Then there's the two
of us. This word
is far too short for us, it has only
four letters, too sparse
to fill those deep bare
vacuums between the stars
that press on us with their deafness.
It's not love we don't wish
to fall into, but that fear.
This word is not enough but it will
have to do. It's a single
vowel in this metallic
silence, a mouth that says
O again and again in wonder
and pain, a breath, a finger
grip on a cliffside. You can
hold on or let go. "

― Margaret Atwood , Selected Poems: 1966-1984

2 " T-4.II.6. Only those who have a real and lasting
sense of abundance can be truly charitable. This is
obvious when you consider what is involved. To
the ego, to give anything implies that you will
have to do without it. When you associate giving
with sacrifice, you give only because you believe
that you are somehow getting something better,
and can therefore do without the thing you give.
“Giving to get” is an inescapable law of the ego, which always evaluates itself in relation to other egos. It is therefore continually preoccupied with the belief in scarcity that gave rise to it. Its whole perception of other egos as real is only an attempt to convince itself that it is real. “Self-esteem” in ego terms means nothing more than that the ego has deluded itself into accepting its reality, and is therefore temporarily less predatory. This “self-esteem” is always vulnerable to stress, a term which refers to any perceived threat to the ego’s existence. "

― , A course in miracles: Text, Vol. 1

3 " It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will
have enough to pay for something better. "

― John Ruskin

4 " Remember that there is only
one important time and is Now. The present moment is
the only time over which we have dominion. The most
important person is always the person with whom you
are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will
have dealings with any other person in the future. The
most important pursuit is making that person, the one
standing at you side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit
of life. "

― Leo Tolstoy , Eleven Stories

5 " Next time you say " I have nothing incommon with this person," remember that you have a great deal in common: A few yearsfrom now - two years or seventy years, it doesn't make much difference - both of you willhave become rotting corpses, then piles of dust, then nothing at all. This is a sobering andhumbling realization that leaves little room for pride. Is this a negative thought? No, it is a fact. Why close your eyes to it? In that sense, there is total equality between you and everyother creature. "

6 " OURSOCIETY ISCONTROLLED BY LAWYERSAND FINANCIERS" PROBLEMMAKERS WE NEED TO EVOMETO A SOCIETY LEAD BYCREATORS, ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS PROBLEMSOLVERS. SURELY WE WILLHAVE MORE INGENUITYCOOPERATION ANDPEACE "