"We can travel a long way in life and do many things, but our deepest happiness is not born from accumulating new experiences. it is born from letting go of what is unnecessary, and knowing ourselves to be always at home."

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Source : FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Sep 22, 2013

Sharon Salzberg

#Life Quotes #Letting Go Quotes #Home Quotes

“That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.”
“I got everybody on my side through comedy.”
“If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike.”
“Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.”
“My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.”
“Although there are those who wish to ban my books because I have used language that is painful, I have chosen to use the language that was spoken during the period, for I refuse to whitewash history. The language was painful and life was painful for many African Americans, including my family. I remember the pain.”

Source : Mildred D. Taylor (2001). “The Land”, p.17, Penguin
“There are people who can talk sensibly about a controversial issue; they're called humorists.”
“While few judges or prosecutors would be afraid to exercise their perfectly legitimate discretion in favour of an ordinary man, not to mention a minority group member, most would be terrified to exercise the same discretion for someone politically, financially or socially powerful.”

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