"Why do you need street smarts? Shrewdness? Toughness? It's to protect something soft that is going to be in danger if it's exposed at the wrong time and place. It's to protect a soul. But to protect your soul, you have to have one to start with."

-- Peter Schjeldahl

#Smart Quotes #Soul Quotes #Shrewdness Quotes

“You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws at you. And if it throws more than you'd like, more than you think you can handle? Well then you just have to find the heroism within yourself and play out the hand you've been dealt. The universe never sets a challenge that can't be met. You just need to believe in yourself in order to find the strength to face it.”
“Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.”
“Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.”
“When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.”
“For he who loses all often easily loses himself.”
“Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like youâ€™re the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But youâ€™re not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom.”

Source : Jay Michaelson (2013). “Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment”, p.108, North Atlantic Books
“Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.”
“I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?”

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