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“A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there. It is an active participant in those occurrences. Indeed, by virtue of its underlying and enveloping presence, the place may even be felt to be the source, the primary power that expresses itself through the various events that unfold there.”
Source : David Abram (2012). “The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World”, p.162, Vintage
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“That's one of the tragedies of this life-that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.”
Source : "Fictional character: John D. Hackensacker III". "The Palm Beach Story", www.imdb.com. August 28, 1942. 
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“Sometimes, if we are faced with obstacles, be they tangible or not, such as jealousy, worldly sentiment, greed, hatred or obsession, etc., there is no other way to overcome them except by practicing more diligently. You need to read Master's books and to listen to Master's tapes more often, meditate more, do Quan Yin more, put more effort into your practice and concentrate more on the path of practice. It is safe only when you are sheltered by the supreme power, no other way.”
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“While all is new, all is beautiful. That is a well-known song. Yes, and the next day the air changes into another one equally well known.”
Source : Octave Mirbeau (1911). “The Experiences of a Ladies' Maid”
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“I don't smoke pot. I never liked it.”
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“The true self is always in motion like music, a river of life, changing, moving, failing, suffering, learning, shining. That is why you must freely and recklessly make new mistakes - in writing or in life - and do not fret about them but pass on and write more.”
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“The mountains have always been here, and in them, the bears.”
Source : Rick Bass (1997). “The Lost Grizzlies: A Search for Survivors in the Wilderness of Colorado”, p.97, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“One of the things that characterizes good intellectual work is a certain self-importance”
