"One is very weak when one is in love."

-- Madame de La Fayette

“Yoga is the perfect vehicle for change of yourself. First by creating a strong and powerful body and mind. It is a starting point from which you can begin to realize your human spirit.”
“If aspects of the person remain undigested-cut off, denied, projected, rejected, indulged, or otherwise unassimilated-they become the points around which the core forces of greed, hatred and delusion attach themselves.”

Source : Mark Epstein (2013). “Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.23, Basic Books
“Part of what the imagination does later in life is it's linking you not just to who you are now but to all the people you've been.”
“I went to college in Mississippi; I'm from Louisiana.”
“I want a guy who can clean my gutters and kill my spiders - who's simple yet layered.”
“I grew up in Chicago on the South Side, and had a ton of freedom, just did whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. At the risk of sounding dopey, I would say it was blissful.”
“When you live with voices in your head, you are drawn inextricably to voices outside your head. Very often the voices work to confirm your worst suspicions. Or think of things you could never have imagined! There are only so many hours of the day to hate yourself.”
“Minds, unlike brains, are not entirely given at birth. Minds are also forms of cultural achievement.”

Source : Elliot W. Eisner (2005). “Reimagining Schools: The Selected Works of Elliot W. Eisner”, p.212, Taylor & Francis

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