"New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises 'Why then are you not taking part in them?"

-- H. G. Wells

#Science Quotes #Arise Quotes #Humiliating Quotes

“I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.”
“It seems far simpler to go ahead and say that the epic is a fantastic myth, that happens to be true of the material Universe, that other myths are true in terms of their cultural meaning, and that there's absolutely no problem with holding more than one story, just as there's no problem with viewing the sunset in terms of planetary rotation and spectra and nuclear fusions one moment and as visual splendor the next.”

Source : "Board Forum: How Grand a Narrative?". 1999.
“Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.”
“What if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal urge to control anything, anywhere, including anything that may be happening with you at this moment? If you were able to give up control absolutely, totally, and completely, then you would be a spiritually free being.”
“Deep Listening is listening to everything all the time, and reminding yourself when you're not. But going below the surface too, it's an active process. It's not passive. I mean hearing is passive in that soundwaves hinge upon the eardrum. You can do both. You can focus and be receptive to your surroundings. If you're tuned out, then you're not in contact with your surroundings. You have to process what you hear. Hearing and listening are not the same thing.”
“I think it's such utter hypocrisy that so many people in our society were obviously all watching ***** and yet we treat these people [actors] like they're sub-human. I think it's just disgusting.”
“There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting momentum with each passing year with each presidency.”
“You are not your past, not your habits, not your compulsions. When you get to know who you are, anything becomes possible.”

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