"Equivalence signifies uniformity and thus immobility."

-- Viktor Schauberger

“Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.”
“You know, there are easier ways to meet a guy than to run him over.”
“Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet.”
“The mystical perception (which is only â€œmysticalâ€ if reality is limited to what can be measured by the intellect and senses) is remarkably consistent in all ages and all places. All phenomena are processes, connections, all is in flux...have the mind screens knocked away to see there is no real edge to anything, that in the endless interpenetration of the universe, a molecular flow, a cosmic energy shimmers in all stone and steel as well as flesh...”
“That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.”

Source : Gish Jen (2014). “Typical American”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.”
“I wonder if the ocean smells different on the other side of the world.”
“The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control?”

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