"Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them."

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Source : Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.10, Workman Publishing

Sharon Salzberg

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“As in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow,Surprised I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow;And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near,A pretty babe all burning bright did in the air appear.”

Source : "The Burning Babe" l. 1 (ca. 1590)
“I'm masquerading as an innocent pop star.”

Source : "Marina Diamandis Mines the Future". Interview with Alex Chapman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 26, 2012.
“Egotism is the tongue of vanity.”
“Damn these human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.”
“Sordid selfishness doth contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to the entire world besides.”
“From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo”
“... rarely if ever does one feel sure one knows enough to go ahead with much of anything new. You bank on faith and courage and the ability to learn on the job.”

Source : Cornelia Stratton Parker (1934). “Wanderer's Circle”
“The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this time,' you set a new standard, which is lower. So you cannot do that.”

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