"It is true that 'I seem to see a table' does not entail 'I see a table'; but 'I seem to feel a pain' does entail 'I feel a pain'. So scepticism loses its force - cannot open up its characteristic gap - with regard to that which ultimately most concerns us, pleasure and pain."

-- Galen Strawson

#Pain Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Doe Quotes

“It's not supposed to be easy, if it's easy, it's no good, that's the way I look at it.”
“Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.”
“The water is this marvellous blue. Itâ€™s so blue that once you see it you realise youâ€™ve never seen blue before. That other thing you were calling blue is some other colour, itâ€™s not blue. This, this is blue. Itâ€™s a blue that comes down from the sky into the water so that when you look in the sea you think sky and when you look at the sky you think sea.”
“I listen to music every day and that is a fact. My son pointed out the other day that there's not a day that goes by without him listening to music in our house. I'm still an avid punter when it comes to either checking out bands or buying new music.”
“The world that has made us can no longer contain us”
“I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.”

Source : Bette Greene (1984). “Summer of my German soldier”, Starfire
“Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath.”
“Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.”

Source : Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz (2014). “Never Eat Alone, Expanded and Updated: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time”, p.61, Crown Business

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