"Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully."

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Source : Mark Epstein (2006). “Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught”, p.12, Penguin

Mark Epstein

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“Misery loves company which is ironic because it rarely throws dinner parties.”
“Winners hate losing more than changing while others hate changing more than losing.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 11, 2017
“A lady has every right to defend herself against unsought advances. And creatures of the night.”

Source : Teresa Medeiros (2013). “The Vampire Who Loved Me”, p.52, Amber House Books
“I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.”
“If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.”
“we should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld (2001). “Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.330, Broadview Press
“I do not think novels are necessarily more worthwhile than games. A novel can be a trivial waste of time, and a game can teach. Whatever the genre, I think a successful narrative allows us to participate, to try on new roles and points of view. At their best, novels and games serve as vehicles for discovery.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“God beckons storm clouds and they come. He tells the wind to blow and the rain to fall, and they obey immediately. He speaks to the mountains, 'You go there,' and He says to the seas, 'You stop here, and they do it. Everything in all creation responds in obedience to the Creator...until we get to you and me. We have the audacity to look God in the face and say, 'No.”

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