"It is the nature of slavery to render its victims so abject that at last, fearing to be free, they multiply their own chains. You can liberate a freeman, but you cannot liberate a slave."

-- Louis J. Halle

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“Annika has the type of game I want to work on. She's just so consistent. Hopefully I'll be like that one day.”
“Many of our feelings of satisfaction or dissatisfaction have their roots in how we compare ourselves to others. When we compare ourselves to those who have more, we feel bad. When we compare ourselves to those who have less, we feel grateful. Even though the truth is we have exactly the same life either way, our feelings about our life can vary tremendously based on who we compare ourselves with. Compare yourself with those examples that are meaningful but that make you feel comfortable with who you are and what you have.”

Source : David Niven, PhD (2009). “The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It”, p.9, Harper Collins
“Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.”
“Free form jazz means absolutely nothing to me. Because there are no boundaries.”
“In pre-Trump Washington where the old rules applied, Rudy Giuliani could never survive the Senate confirmation process.”
“For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of criss-crossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible.”

Source : Philip Kapleau (1970). “The three pillars of Zen: teaching, practice, and enlightenment”, Beacon Press (MA)
“And so, irritants, it is with this that I leave you. You are spared so that you can think of what it really is to live in a world that engenders a pain for which there is no comfort. Here is your product! You have the rest of your lives to think of this. And I suggest you think quickly, for a long life is never a guarantee.”
“Nirvana manifests as ease, as love, as connectedness, as generosity, as clarity, as unshakable freedom. This isnâ€™t watering down nirvana. This is the reality of liberation that we can experience, sometimes in a moment and sometimes in transformative ways that change our entire life”

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