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When the narrator says, 'This is a story without surprises,' most of the time, this is not what happens.
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm
God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!
Your life on earth will be, as always, the interval between two significant glances in a mundane mirror.
What was the use of doing great things if I could have a better time telling her what I was going to do?
The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.
I think I'm pretty confident, and I know I'm different than everyone else, so I'm going to do what's me.
I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
When I saw a phone on a plane for the first time, I panicked ... I thought people were going to call me.
Beauty is created by fellow human beings, and enhanced because they are in relationship with each other.
Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.
What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.
When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.
Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
Every time you find yourself becoming angry, jealous or frustrated, stop and think the opposite thought.
I practice selfless giving not because I'm remarkable but just because I find that its terrifically fun!
If you don't measure up to your expectations, realize that you should just be life without expectations.
Most people make their choices predicated upon a feeling because analysis really isn't that good a tool.
Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly.
Before beginning an activity always first empty yourself of thoughts regarding what you are about to do.
At the moment of birth you are the product of everything that has occurred in every lifetime you've had.
Humility is the most important quality in the spiritual life. When it is lacking spiritual growth stops.
Humility can give everything to God. Everything comes from the source, everything returns to the source.
The light is already there. In Zen Buddhism there's a little speck of dust on the mirror, and that's us.
If you want to be liberated, if you choose to be what I am, then you've chosen freedom. You can do this.
Avoidance of experiences is a fixation and it binds you to the world, it binds you to the personal self.
Tantra means the avoidance of a set or defined form of spirituality. Tantra is intuitive self-discovery.
Your soul wants experience. It wants the world. You're a human - and your eternal. The two are the same.
If you meditate you will be able to find new ways to utilize your career and the routines of daily life.
Liberation means no rebirth. Now, does that mean you don't reincarnate? Well, you never did reincarnate.
Use the previous techniques in rotation. It will prevent your meditation experience from becoming stale.
Just because you are innocent does not mean that others cannot harm you. History teaches us that lesson.
How can you be happy in a world like this? You have got to be crazy to even attempt something like that.
Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself.
If you know that you have had countless lives, then what happens in this life is not quite as traumatic.
Krishna once said to Arjuna: Consider the past and future with an equal mind, and pass the peanut M&M's.
You can just sit and space out. A lot of people do that and think they are doing a wonderful meditation.
You're in a world of diversity. You see things through a glass darkly. There is a separation everywhere.
The Samsara is the movement of life. And you, an individual self, a form, a moment on a wave, are bound.
What is enlightenment, anyway? I don't know if I can really put it into words, perhaps you can. I can't.
Your tonal will enable you to deal with the world well, to do well in a career and interact with others.
Buddhists believe that you are who you are today is because of who you have been in all your past lives.
The Chinese used the symbol of tai chi, the undifferentiated reality - no separation, no left and right.