#sf

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#exclusively #idea #into #mental #mind

The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

#communication #degree #difference #ease #information

Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#anything #ask #change #even #good

Time is the most precious element of human existence. The successful person knows how to put energy into time and how to draw success from time. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#element #energy #existence #how #human

Personal satisfaction is the most important ingredient of success. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#important ingredient #ingredient #most #personal #personal satisfaction

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#exist #feel #greater #island #just

Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#anything #became #being #did #else

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom. ↗

— Alice Walker

#active #active life #clearly #elder #especially

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? ↗

— Eli Wallach

#around #ever #fly #grab #i

It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations. ↗

— David Walliams

#bubbles #characters #difficult #fun #hard