"It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass."

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Source : Essais bk. 3, ch. 13 (1580)

Michel de Montaigne

#Vanity Quotes #Thrones Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“Buddhism advises you not to implant feelings that you donâ€™t really have or avoid feelings that you do have. If you are miserable you are miserable; that is the reality, that is what is happening, so confront that. Look it square in the eye without flinching. When you are having a bad time, examine that experience, observe it mindfully, study the phenomenon and learn its mechanics. The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built. You do this by taking the thing apart piece by piece. The trap canâ€™t trap you if it has been taken to pieces. The result is freedom.”

Source : Bhante Gunaratana, Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.92, Simon and Schuster
“It's time to stop building the shopping malls, the prisons, the stadiums and other tributes to all of our collective failures. It is time that we start building living monuments to hope and possibility.”
“Everyone isnâ€™t logical. Everything doesnâ€™t make sense in the end. Sometimes you have to forget about explanations or excuses and leave people and places behind, because otherwise they will drag you straight down.”
“Reverse the typical American meal pattern and instead eat like a king for breakfast, a prince for lunch and a pauper for supper.”

Source : Jane E. Brody (1982). “Jane Brody's The New York times guide to personal health”, Times Books(NY)
“We haven't slept together. But we've napped”
“Simplicity is the base of everything. At the end of the day if you feel good about yourself, you don't need anything. You don't have to depend on the power of a dress to dress you up. You wear dress the dress, it's not the opposite. It's not only a designer, it's not only just fashion, it's a philosophy. It's a lifestyle.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“It may be that the most interesting American struggle is the struggle to set oneself free from the limits one is born to, and then to learn something of the value of those limits”

Source : Greil Marcus (2015). “Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition”, p.32, Penguin
“Let us lose none of their humble words, let us note their slightest gestures, and tell me, tell me that we will think of them together, now and later, when we realise the misery of the times and the magnitude of their sacrifice.”

Source : Georges Duhamel (1918). “The New Book of Martyrs: From the French of Georges Duhamel”

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