"Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external world. When life is viewed in such terms, there can be no success or failure, happiness or unhappiness; life is a whole, and you are simply part of it. There are no dualities, hence there is nothing to worry about. The result is perfect tranquility."

-- Tom Hoover

#Success Quotes #Failure Quotes #Reality Quotes

“No human being is illegal.”
“Once your leaders get corrupted one way or another, it's hard to stop the organization from being corrupted.”
“The goal of theology is the worship of God. The posture of theology is on one's knees. The mode of theology is repentance.”
“Play it cool, that's the old school rule man...”

Source : Song: Mastermind, Album: God's Son, 2002
“America is harmless as an enemy but treacherous as a friend.”
“Slash was about my height, and he used the alignment of our bodies to his greatest advantage. I let it go on for a few minutes. Right up until he unzipped his leather pants and pulled out Mr. One Eye.”
“It seemed cruelly unfair to me, even then, how fast your life can change before you have an opportunity to rethink your choices. We should get second chances on the big stuff. We should come equipped with erasers attached to the tops of our heads. Like pencils. We should be able to flip over and scribble away mistakes, at least once or twice during the duration of our existence, especially in matters of life and death.”
“To be truly visionary we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.”

Source : bell hooks (2014). “Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics”, p.110, Routledge

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