"Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole cloth."

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Source : Joan Halifax (2009). “Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death”, p.199, Shambhala Publications

Joan Halifax

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“To love someone so deeply means also that it will hurt a thousand times more when he disappoints or leaves you”
“'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”
“When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I stare at her collarbone that's framed with lace, the hollow of her throat, her shoulders that rise with each rise with the weight of her next breath. We're fragile things. Our bones show through our skin. What would any god want with us?”

Source : FaceBook post by Lauren DeStefano from Apr 15, 2013
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”

Source : H. P. Lovecraft (2014). “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks With 100+ Audiobooks (Complete Collection Of Lovecraft's Fiction, Juvenilia, Poems, Essays And Collaborations)”, p.11, Ageless Reads
“We do not wish to be better than we are, but more fully what we are.”
“First is first,Second is nothing”
“It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not which makes a tool an article of capital or merely an article of wealth. Thus, the lathe of a manufacturer used in making things which are to be exchanged is capital, while the lathe kept by a gentleman for his own amusement is not.”

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