"And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter."

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Stephen Chbosky

#Matter Quotes #Gains Quotes #Moments Quotes

“With a mind not diseased, a holy life is a life of hope, and at the end of it, death is a great act of hope.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 328), 1895.
“If you are thinking about something that happened a long time ago: Somebody asked you a question and you did not know the answer. That is my name.”
“The early masters also introduced walking meditation and hard work to the monastery, for too much sitting could reach the point of diminishing returns.”

Source : James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.9, MIT Press
“BoJack especially is a very dialogue based show. A lot of the comedy comes from conversations, and a lot of story comes from misunderstandings and people trying to connect with each other, and there was a really interesting challenge trying to write a script with no dialogue.”
“We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.”
“In times of widespread chaos and confusion, it has been the duty of more advanced human beings--artists, scientists, clowns and philosophers--to create order. In times such as ours, however, when there is too much order, too much management, too much programming and control, it becomes the duty of superior men and women to fling their favorite monkey wrenches into the machinery. To relive the repression of the human spirit, they must sow doubt and disruption.”
“When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.”
“There is no substitute for knowledge.”

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