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“Meditation is not just blissing out under a mango tree. It completely changes your brain and therefore changes what you are.”
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“I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.”
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“But my mother and father were married when my mom was 20 and my dad was 24”
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“Because of the confusion surrounding the term "agnosticism," it would seem better to use the very similar term "rationalism" in its place when referring to the original Huxleyan meaning of the term. The use of "rationalist" for "agnostic" would also seem to be less ambiguous.”
Source : Gordon Stein (1980). “An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism”
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“There is a difference between conceit and confidence.”
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“To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.”
Source : Anagarika Brahmacari Govinda (1991). “Insights of a Himalayan pilgrim”, Dharma Pub
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“The girl wondered: These policemen... didn't they have families, too? Didn't they have children? Children they went home to? How could they treat children this way? Were they told to do so, or did they act this way naturally? Were they in fact machines, not human beings? She looked closely at them. They seemed of flesh and bone. They were men. She couldn't understand.”
Source : Tatiana de Rosnay (2007). “Sarah's Key”, p.79, Macmillan
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“Saffy could tell by the feel of the darkness that Caddy was awake. She said, "Caddy, how far back can you remember?" "Oh," said Caddy, "ages. I can remember when I could only lie flat. On my back. I can remember how pleased I was when I learned to roll over.”
