"Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to attain such perfect enlightenment ourselves, our whole sense of meaning and our place in the universe immediately changes. To be open to the possibility is to be a spiritual seeker, no matter what our religion. Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal..."

-- Robert Thurman

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“The cause of misery, death, and all personal and collective problems is rooted in the mind, the false, copy mind. The real, divine mind is transcendental, the witness, without thinking. Divine mind is without thoughts, all knowing, and eternally blissful. Trying to solve problems by thinking about them never produces a permanent solution because this false mind creates all problems; whereas, divine mind and our inner guidance bring forth solutions for our greatest good and the greatest good for all.”
“Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at last with bugles.”
“People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.”
“The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.”

Source : Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.149, Basic Books
“I love comic books. I was weaned on them, so it's not like it's a stretch for me, but I have other interests, as well.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Let a series of happy thoughts run through your mind. They will show on your face.”
“I'm not jealous, and I'm not possessive, and I'm not controlling.”
“The sense of truth no matter how subjective is necessary for the experience of beauty.”

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