"When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have to worry about what to do. We don't have to figure out solutions ahead of time. Peacemaking is the functioning of bearing witness. Once we listen with our entire body and mind, loving action arises."

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Source : Bernie Glassman (2013). “Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace”, p.62, Penguin

Bernie Glassman

#Worry Quotes #Mind Quotes #Body Quotes

“Fiction either moves mountains or it's boring; it moves mountains or it sits on its ass.”
“Men still control the news, both on and off camera.”

Source : Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr
“Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.”
“The French philosopher Pierre-Hyacinthe AzaÃ¯s (1766-1845) formalized the statement that good and evil fortune are exactly balanced in that they produce for each person an equivalent result.”

Source : "The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic". Book by Richard Arnold Epstein, 1977.
“I already survived one apocalypse, I don't need another.”
“I am the reflection of my source which is magnificent in all ways.”
“Why only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people?”

Source : Friedrich Kellner (2017). “My Opposition”, p.65, Cambridge University Press
“I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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