"Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness."

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Source : Laurence Freeman (1996). “Web of silence: letters to meditators”

Laurence Freeman

#Acceptance Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“Methamphetamine is so Flowers for Algernon: All that super-human cerebral ability fades to limited physical activities like stapling carpet scraps to the wall or masturbation antics worthy of The Guinness Book of World Records.”
“What can you do if you are thirty and, turning the corner of your own street, you are overcome, suddenly, by a feeling of bliss - absolute bliss - as though you'd suddenly swallowed a bright piece of that late afternoon sun and it burned in your bosom, sending out a little shower of sparks into every particle into every finger and toe?...”
“Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.”
“Teams are going to try to hit me because they think I can't take a hit. I think I've proven over my career that I can.”
“O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain.”
“I used to work in a bank when I was younger and to me it doesnâ€™t matter whether itâ€™s raining or the sun is shining or whatever: as long as Iâ€™m riding a bike I know Iâ€™m the luckiest guy in the world.”
“We are all cells in the same body of humanity.”
“But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?”

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