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Important Quotes - Page 46

Statistical projections which speak to the senses without fatiguing the mind, possess the advantage of fixing the attention on a great number of important facts.

Alexander von Humboldt (1814). “Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain: Containing Researches Relative to the Geography of Mexico, the Extent of Its Surface, and Its Political Division Into Intendancies, the Physical Aspect of the Country, the Population, the State of Agriculture and Manufacturing and Commercial Industry, the Canals Projected Between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, the Crown Revenues, the Quantity of the Precious Metals which Have Flowed from Mexico Into Europe and Asia, Since the Discovery of the New Continent, and the Military Defence of New Spain”, p.133

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.

"Al Jarreau: Simple And Necessary Happiness". Interview with Esther Berlanga-Ryan, www.allaboutjazz.com. March 12, 2012.

Being selective-doing less-is the path of the productive. Focus on the important few and ignore the rest.

"The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich". Book by Timothy Ferriss, 2007.

What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.

"A conversation with meditation teacher and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society: Sharon Salzberg". Interview with Nancy Alder, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

I have come to the conclusion that the most important element in human life is faith.

Stanley Weintraub, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John McDonald Burke, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward (1974). “Whistler”