To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment. Sam Snead consistentlydetachmentdistance Change image and share on social
To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow. Georg C. Lichtenberg bestowcontentearnest Change image and share on social
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach contenthardimpossible Change image and share on social
To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.' V. S. Naipaul ancestralconvertculture Change image and share on social
To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality. Rob Lowe activelycounterculture Change image and share on social
To be creative means to connect. It's to abolish the gap between the body, the mind and the soul, between science and art, between fiction and nonfiction. Nawal El Saadawi abolishartbody Change image and share on social
To be deeply committed to negotiations, to be opposed to a particular war or military action, is not only considered unpatriotic, it also casts serious doubt on one's manhood. Myriam Miedzian actioncastcommit Change image and share on social
To be deeply in love is, of course, a great liberating force. Anne Morrow Lindbergh deeplyforcegreat Change image and share on social
To be diagnosed with cancer was a frightening thing, and my first reaction was sheer panic, but I was really fortunate that the cancer was caught at such an early stage that I didn't need chemo or radiotherapy. But I know that cancer is a chronic condition, and once you've had it, you're on the list, because it can come back. Marianne Faithfull backcancercatch share on social
To be dogmatic about a cause you believe in at the age of 20 or 30 is not unusual. But to be dogmatic at age 55 or 60 shows a lack of any learning capacity. Howard Fast agecapacitydogmatic Change image and share on social