"Rejoicing in the good fortune of others is a practice that can help us when we feel emotionally shut down and unable to connect with others. Rejoicing generates good will."

-- Pema Chodron

#Practice Quotes #Down And Quotes #Helping Quotes

“Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.”
“We don't need fossils - the case for evolution is watertight without them; so it is paradoxical to use gaps in the fossil record as though they were evidence against evolution”
“Here's what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We're the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so.”
“Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.”
“Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.”
“If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn't make any difference which you called in - if you had a good nurse.”
“It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.”
“If we can't be free at least we can be cheap.”

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