"Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized."

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Source : Masao Abe, Steven Heine (2003). “Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought”, p.55, University of Hawaii Press

Masao Abe

#Emptiness Quotes #Fullness Quotes

“A strong woman is a woman who craves love like oxygen or she turns blue choking. A strong woman is a woman who loves strongly and weeps strongly and is strongly terrified and has strong needs. A strong woman is strong in words, in action, in connection, in feeling; she is not strong as a stone but as a wolf suckling her young. Strength is not in her, but she enacts it as the wind fills a sail.”

Source : Marge Piercy (2013). “Moon Is Always Female”, p.77, Knopf
“My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life and has guided me on how to act and conduct myself. A lot of my strength comes from her.”
“No amount of promises can guarantee love”
“The fact is most of the things that people know about me are made up. My own life is backstage. So what you "know" about me is only what I allowed you to know about me.”
“a technician who uses the term â€œglitchâ€ is like a Doctor who tells you youâ€™re suffering from a â€œthingy,â€ except the doctor wonâ€™t tell you to go home and try turning yourself on and off again.”

Source : John Connolly (2009). “The Gates: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“For me, running is about freedom. I find that the freer I feel, the faster I am.”

Source : Runner's World magazine, June 2009.
“I think you keep two sets of books. In one set, you record the truth -- how well you are really doing. This is the secret set -- just for you and loved ones. In the other set are more modest entries and statements, and these are for public consumption!”
“If sex evolved so that your children are not condemned to be just like you, intelligence evolved so that you are not condemned to be just like yourself.”

Source : Alison Jolly (2001). “Lucy's Legacy: Sex and Intelligence in Human Evolution”, p.62, Harvard University Press

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