"When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. We create the compassionate space that allows for the arising of all things: sorrows, loneliness, shame, desire, regret, frustration, happiness."

-- Jack Kornfield

#Regret Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Frustration Quotes

“Giving free advice is a sad waste of effort. In the first place, no man will act upon it unless he is already inclined to do so. Secondly, when a man lays his case before you, the idea that he is asking your advice is a polite fabrication. He merely is suggesting that he is doing so, while as a fact his real object is to acquaint you with his personal activity. He wants to talk to somebody, being a natural gossip or gadder, and he plays upon your propensity for "giving advice" in order to get an audience.”
“Blacks can get into medical school with a lower grade ... If that's true, a Jew should be able to play basketball with a lower net.”
“Are the odds you face (in life) defeating or motivating you?”
“Vegetarianism is an act of the imagination. It reflects an ability to imagine alternatives to the texts of meat.”

Source : Carol J. Adams (1990). “The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory”, Continuum
“I should think that an ordinary copy of the King James version would have been good enough for those Congressmen.”
“Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a superb scene. I have pleasure in sending you this first dispatch ever telegraphed from an aerial station...”
“There are many who would like my time. I shun them. There are some who share my time. I am entertained by them. There are precious few who contribute to my time. I cherish them.”
“I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.”

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