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“You can indeed be aware of your body, but you can also be aware of your mind - you can right now notice all the thoughts and ideas and images floating in front of the mind's inward eye. You can, in other words, experience your mind, be aware of your mind. And it's very important to experience your mind directly, cleanly, intensely, because only by bringing awareness to the mind can you begin to transcend the mind and be free of its limitations.”
Source : Ken Wilber (1998). “The Essential Ken Wilber”, p.85, Shambhala Publications
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“If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.”
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“I wish for recycling to become a major industrial agriculture.”
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“Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit.”
Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
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“To annihilate indigenous populations eventually paves the way to our own annihilation. They are the only people who practice sustainable living. We think they are relics of the past, but they may be the gatekeepers to our future.”
Source : Source: www.soldefter.com
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“Suppose you came across a woman lying on the street with an elephant sitting on her chest. You notice she is short of breath. Shortness of breath can be a symptom of heart problems. In her case, the much more likely cause is the elephant on her chest. For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences. That is the elephant. Until the playing field has veen leveled and lingering stereotypes are gone, you can't even ask the question.”
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“Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.”
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“I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.”
Source : George Cooper Stevens, Paul Cronin (2004). “George Stevens: Interviews”, p.13, Univ. Press of Mississippi
