Robin Brian > Robin's Quotes

“The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. ”
― Pema Chodron

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
― Pema Chodron

“Only the pure of heart can make a good soup.”
― Beethoven

“If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.”
― Babaloo Mandel and Lowell Ganz

“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." - Joe Fox”
― Nora Ephron

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King

“If you don’t manage the qualities within your own life, someone else will manage them for you.” ~Ian Breck”
― Ian Breck, Reimagined: How amazing people design lives they love