"Various kinds of self-forgetting, usually accompanied by illusions and myths, make it possible to live without the intransigent facing of death-in the sense of always thinking about it and what it means for life and the things dear in life-which is characteristic of a serious life."

-- Allan Bloom

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes

“The biggest thing is getting our guys to understand, you can't let one mistake compound into another mistake”
“Wicca has been, up until the past decade or so, a closed religion, but no more.”

Source : Scott Cunningham (2010). “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner”, p.71, Llewellyn Worldwide
“Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected one, may be tyrannical.”
“Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise?”
“Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.”
“I wasn't born a world champion. I just worked really hard to become one.”
“Our surroundings are not contained by name and form. You are neither the body nor the mind, these are limits you identify with through a lack of clear-sightedness. When you are attentive to a tree or flower, the perception, shape, name and concept are not the only things present. There is also the All-presence that you share with them and that you are both part of. The very name and form spring forth from this eternal background, the All-presence. This is instantaneous awareness that cannot be reached by thought.”

Source : Jean Klein (1981). “Neither This nor That I Am”
“What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.”

Source : Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

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