"To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is."

-- Nhat Hanh

#Peace Quotes #Truth Quotes #Reality Quotes

“People talk about Obama in the same way 12-year-olds talk about Bieber, and speculate about what he and Michelle are like behind closed doors the same way those 12-year-olds wonder what Justin and Selena are like.”
“The greatest illiterate is the inability to learn the great things of life from small things around.”
“Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.”

Source : Tad Williams (2002). “Otherland 4: Sea of Silver Light”, p.748, Penguin
“You don't choose who you love.”
“A God who counts minutes and pennies, a desperate sensual God, who grunts like a pig. A pig with golden wings, who falls and falls, always belly side up, ready for caresses, thatâ€™s him, our master. Come, kiss me.”
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

Source : Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria
“We are not determined by our experiences, but are self-determined by the meaning we give to them; and when we take particular experiences as the basis for our future life, we are almost certain to be misguided to some degree. Meanings are not determined by situations. We determine ourselves by the meanings we ascribe to situations.”
“Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.”

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