"We are looking for a way to feel more real, but we do not realize that to feel more real we have to push ourselves further into the unknown."

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Source : Mark Epstein (2013). “Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness”, p.19, Harmony

Mark Epstein

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“When a man assumes leadership, he forfeits the right to mercy.”
“I wish our country could be a free and happy one. Every citizen need not go against their conscience and can find their own place by their virtue and talents; a simple and happy society, where the goodness of humanity is expanded to the maximum, and the evilness of humanity is constrained to the minimum; honesty, trust, kindness, and helping each other are everyday occurrences in life; there is not so much anger and anxiety, a pure smile on everyoneâ€™s face.”

Source : "The Trial of the Chinese Dream" by Evan Osnos, www.newyorker.com. January 17, 2014.
“My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?”
“Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for that event to occur. The larger, more significant, or more energetic the event, the more it tends to remain as it originally happened, despite any interference." I frowned. "There's...a law of conservation of history?”
“A lot of times I use live musicians, but I don't want it to have that live funky sound so I'll just take the best loop of a drum part and repeat it over and over and over again so that there's consistency and it feels a little bit more programmed. But I have a love/hate relationship with comping as well.”
“When managers have got decisions to make, whether it benefits me or not, I have to be man enough to take it.”

Source : "City Manchester City's Joe Hart to miss out on cup final against Sunderland" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. February 28, 2014.
“When you are reluctant to change, think of the beauty of autumn.”
“As my awareness increases, my control over my own being increases.”

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