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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
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The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.
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It is vital that people "count their blessings:" to appreciate what they possess without having to undergo its actual loss.
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...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.
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And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped far less by what we celebrate and mythologize than by the painful events we try to forget. Leopold's Congo is but one of those silences of history.
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For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
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A living body is not a fixed thing, but a flowing event, like a flame or a whirlpool.
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If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen.
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Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.
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I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.
