"In the freshness of the present moment, past is gone, future is not yet born, andâ€”if one remains in pure mindfulness and freedomâ€”disturbing thoughts arise and go without leaving a trace. That is basic meditation."

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Matthieu Ricard

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“If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs.”
“We live a short enough time on this earth. A man should do what he loves.”

Source : Gail Tsukiyama (2007). “The Street of a Thousand Blossoms”, p.230, Macmillan
“Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience.”
“The Captain just gave us our orders, and Mom we must carry them through. I'll finish this letter first chance I get, but for now I'll just say I love you.”
“I believe that the gospel and the American Dream have fundamentally different starting points. The American Dream begins with self, exalts self, says you are inherently good and you have in you what it takes to be successful so do all you can, work with everything you have to make much of yourself. The gospel begins with God, the reality that we were created to exalt his name to the ends of the earth.”
“With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.”
“Well, I am not always joking, sometimes I am serious. But some people always expect you to be funny. If you were like you are on stage, you would be obnoxious. With the jokes and the putdowns, I would need to take a break... juggle something.”

Source : "Dom Irrera...Dominating Stand-up". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.
“And there is no difference, in principleÂ -Â but only in degreeÂ -Â between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the latter, denies a man's ownership of himself and the products of his labor; and asserts that other men may own him, and dispose of him and his property, for their uses, and at their pleasure.”

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