"Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer."

-- Dalai Lama

#Wisdom Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Meditation Quotes

“Its a war zone. Terrible things happen.”
“Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.”
“The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.”
“When the world was half a thousand years younger all events had much sharper outlines than now. The distance between sadness and joy, between good and bad fortune, seemed to be much greater than for us; every experience had that degree of directness and absoluteness which joy and sadness still have in the mind of a child”
“What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.”

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“Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.”
“I've never had a sustained period of medication for mental illness when I've not been on other drugs as well. It's just not something that I particularly feel I need. I know that I have dramatically changing moods, and I know sometimes I feel really depressed, but I think that's just life. I don't think of it as, "Ah, this is mental illness," more as, "Today, life makes me feel very sad." I know I also get unnaturally high levels of energy and quickness of thought, but I'm able to utilize that.”
“The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice.”

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