"It may look like we're doing nothing when we sit zazen. But actually we are exposing ourselves to ourselves."

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Brad Warner

#Looks Quotes #May Quotes #Doing Nothing Quotes

“Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion.”
“We have needed to define ourselves by reclaiming the words that define us. They have used language as weapons. When we open ourselves to what they say and how they say it, our narrow prejudices evaporate and we are nourished and armed.”

Source : Selma James (1983). “The ladies and the mammies: Jane Austen & Jean Rhys”, Falling Wall Pr
“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.”
“It is an occupational risk of biologists to claim, towards the end of their careers, that the problems which they have not solved are insoluble.”

Source : John Maynard Smith (1988). “Games, sex and evolution”, Prentice Hall
“A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water logged stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?”

Source : "Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog". Book by John Grogan, October 18, 2005.
“Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young.”
“Information is the mortar that both builds and destroys empires.”
“As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.”

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