#give

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#earth #either #except #give #hand

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#attention #being #completely #give #heart

In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds. ↗

— Jonathan Krohn

#cool #given #just #nerds #politics

I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic. ↗

— Denis Thatcher

#give #give me #god #i #know

I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#become #big #brain #collective #communication

I probably complicate things unnecessarily now just to give the illusion of professionalism. ↗

— Henry Thomas

#give #i #illusion #just #now

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#care #first #get #give #group

Given the opportunity, under the right conditions, two cells from wildly different sources, a yeast cell, say, and a chicken erythrocyte, will touch, fuse, and the two nuclei will then fuse as well, and the new hybrid cell will now divide into monstrous progeny. Naked cells, lacking self-respect, do not seem to have any sense of self. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#cell #cells #chicken #conditions #different

It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#asia #been #children #expertise #given

I think we learn the most from imperfect relationships - things like forgiveness and compassion. ↗

— Andrea Thompson

#forgiveness #i #i think #imperfect #learn