"The best way to overcome the world is not with morality or self-discipline. Christians overcome the world by seeing the beauty and excellence of Christ. They overcome the world by seeing something more attractive than the world: Christ"

-- Thomas Chalmers

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“Elizabethâ€™s hands flew to her mouth; tears filled her eyes with happiness as she realized he was fulfilling yet another of her and her motherâ€™s intended activities. â€œWhy are you fulfilling all of my motherâ€™s dreams?â€ she asked, studying his face and searching for answers. â€œSo you donâ€™t run away like she did in search of them,â€ he replied, taking her hand. â€œCome on, join in!â€ he said, leaping around.”
“I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for their own benefit.”
“I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.”
“There was Layla in the fullness of her lips, Lulu in the thick waves of her hair, Lu Xin in the intensity of her hazel eyes, Lucia in their twinkle. She was not alone. Maybe she never would be alone again. There, in the mirror, was every incarnation of Lucinda staring back at her and wondering, "What is to become of us? What about our history, and our love?”
“serene illumination, or just sitting, is not a technique, or a means to some resulting higher state of consciousness, or any particular state of being. Just sitting, one simply meets the immediate present. Desiring some flashy experience, or anything more or other than 'this' is mere worldly vanity and craving.”

Source : John Daido Loori (2010). “The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza (Large Print 16pt)”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com
“We don't live in Disneyland. We live in blood and in time, not in Fantasyland. We live in a tragic world.”
“Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation, or too little acquainted with vice, or anything connected therewith â€“ It must be, either, that you think she is essentially so vicious, or so feeble-minded that she cannot withstand temptation, - and though she may be pure and innocent as long as she is kept in ignorance and restraint, yet, being destitute of real virtue, to teach her how to sin is at once to make her a sinner...”
“You are now, and you do become, what you think about.”

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