"To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self."

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Source : Hamilton Wright Mabie (2006). “The Life of the Spirit”, p.66, Cosimo, Inc.

Hamilton Wright Mabie

#Self Quotes #Meditation Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It sounds so far away and different. I like different places. I like any places that isn't here.”
“When real nobleness accompanies that imaginary one of birth, the imaginary seems to mix with real, and becomes real too.”
“People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, â€œIf this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a farm with about a million chickens on it.â€ They were trying to kick you out of childhood. Once you were gone, there was no going back, so you had to hold on as long as you could.”

Source : Heather O'Neill (2016). “Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel”, p.13, HarperCollins
“I am very hands on doing my own work, all my own stunt work.”
“But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that.”
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.”
“Since when do we let the government decide what is or isnt good for us? What the hell does Congress know about nutrition, anyway?....If the government can use force whenever something is "in our best interest" then government should force everyone to wake up at 6am every morning for calisthenics in the front yard. Fast food establishments should be torn down and replaced with bars that serve carrot juice and alfalfa sprouts, since - "its in your best interest." This paternalistic attitude that "the government knows best" and that you are merely a helpless child is insulting and reprehensible.”

Source : "Good to Be King". Book by Michael Badnarik, 2004.
“It was a light that shone over our faces, our wounds and scars. It was a light so brilliant and white it could have been beamed from heaven, and Brian and I could have been angels, basking in it. But it wasnâ€™t, and we werenâ€™t.”

Source : Scott Heim (1995). “Mysterious skin: a novel”, HarperCollins Publishers

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