"To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life."

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Source : Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.168, Penguin

Jill Bolte Taylor

#Mean Quotes #Caring Quotes #Mind Quotes

“When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me.”
“As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later.”
“The light that shined upon the summit now seems almost to shine at our feet.”
“Do remember that one line does nothing; it is only in relation to another that it creates a volume.”
“If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.”
“Grace is a power that comes in and transforms a moment into something better”
“A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.”
“Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.”

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