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There was a strange kind of comfort in misunderstandings and differences that were old enough to have lost their teeth.
I've never seen the Kardashians; I'm not sure who they are. But I know a lot about them because it's impossible not to.
Commercials and sometimes other guests - it's the down side of TV. Other people - it's the downside of life in general.
I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book.
Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
Few leaders are born. We learn to be leaders. We learn by working with other people and working through our philosophy.
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves.
Luck doesn't shine her light on each of us equally. She is arbitrary, irrational, unfair and sometimes downright cruel.
The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.
Only strong natures can really be sweet ones; those that seem sweet are in general only weak, and may easily turn sour.
It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.
For you can look at things while talking or with a radio going full blast, but you can see only when the chatter stops.
In the case of the brujos, the sorcerers in Mexico, the Spanish Conquest forced them to develop their second attention.
Answers can suit the relative mind. In the dream we can be thirsty. But upon awaking from the dream, there's no thirst.
In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"
When we meditate with love we go very, very high , above thought, above form. Your love will cause you to have a union.
When most people see a tree, they don't see a tree at all. They see an idea that they have developed of what a tree is.
I read a great deal, avoided the comapny of the children in school who seemed superfical, and fell in love with nature.
The women that I met were exceptional, extraordinary - tremendous purity, tremendous gentleness, self-giving and power.
Music is part of the tantra, the dance of life. Before your eyes, before your awareness, is the procession of eternity.
It's certainly easy to meditate on top of a mountain, but one should be also able to meditate in the heart of the city.
If you decide that you are a winner, and if you hold that image in your mind strongly enough, you will become a winner.
At extremely high processing speeds we are able to find patterns of order in what other people would perceive as chaos.
We are many, many selves. We're not just a finite being. The selves don't necessarily speak in words. But they are you.
To take charge of destiny means to play a very convoluted chess game on multiple levels of consciousness and existence.
You can measure your power in your ability to stop thought. The longer you can stop thought, the more powerful you are.
Taoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.
To think that this is the only universe, that the physical creation is all there is, these are the dogmas of our times.
This is only a small part of the totality. From this island earth we see only a fragment of creation and its knowledge.
At every moment, you have the opportunity to crap out. The world will always tell you to play it safe and just be dead.
Your reason is your friend. It defends the island of your awareness. But you don't want your reason to rule everything.
Close the eyes, and focus on the third eye, the heart chakra, or the navel center. It is a good idea to alternate them.
Tantric Zen is more suited for this age that we live in. It give you rules, but in a gentle way. It's not as demanding.
As you meditate, you'll develop a sense of humor so that you can laugh at yourself, which you need to do in this world.
You may have had countless lives, and many more stretching before you, and what else have you got to do with your time?
Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.
I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
We're not really good at knowing what we want, and we are quick to say 'this sucks'. That's where the opportunity lies.
Try to realize, and truly realize, that what stands between you and a different life are matters of responsible choice.
There would be no accumulation of strength inside if the choices that you make did not require disipline and intention.
Error held as truth has much the effect of truth. In politics and religion this fact upsets many confident predictions.
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful, happiness must be tainted with poison.
Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we want.
Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.
If everyone sincerely practices the path of compassion and wisdom, all their problems will be solved. I guarantee this.
Become more and more centered in the Self. To live more and more in the thought that God is here in your consciousness.
The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words.
One of my 'Secrets of Adulthood' is: Somewhere, keep an empty shelf. I know where my empty shelf is, and I treasure it.
An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. What scares you, is not your weaknesses, but your strengths.