"The towns and countryside that the traveller sees through a train window do not slow down the train, nor does the train affect them. Neither disturbs the other. This is how you should see the thoughts that pass through your mind when you meditate."

-- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

#Mind Quotes #Doe Quotes #Towns Quotes

“Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize... the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished.”
“The silence was killing me. And that's all there ever was. Silence. It was all I knew. Keep quiet. Pretend nothing had happened, that nothing was wrong. And look how well that was turning out.”
“People think if they voted for somebody, they should reflexively defend everything they do or say. And if you voted against somebody, you should just as reflexively oppose everything they do or say. It's not very helpful. What's more constructive for our kids is to go on a case-by-case basis, evaluating particular policies.”

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“The worst part of writing fiction is the fear of wasting your life behind a keyboard. The idea that, dying, you'll realize you only lived on paper. Your only adventures were make-believe, and while the world fought and kissed, you sat in some dark room masturbating and making money.”
“I'm not making every decision due to my children. But I do hope they never see some movies I'm doing. But I do want to do more family-friendly movies.”
“The world we are in today is likely to end catastrophically, as many other human worlds have done before.”

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“You need to eat what's local. So that's what I'm trying to do - just be as close to nature as possible.”
“Love doesn't go anywhere when you die, you know. The person passes on, the body withers, but love, it survives.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2011). “Kindred Spirits”, p.50, Penguin

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