"Colours are what drive me most strongly."

-- Stevie Smith

“It is not science which leads to unbelief but rather ignorance. The ignorant man thinks he understands something provided that he sees it every day. The natural philosopher walks amid enigmas, always striving to understand and always half-understanding. He learns to believe what he does not understand, and that is a step on the road to faith.”
“Reality is all-encompassing: the absolute nature is one. Although we may feel separate from the original uncreated reality - whether we call it 'God,' 'peak experience,' or 'enlightened mind' - through awareness we can contact this essential part of ourselves.”

Source : Tarthang Tulku (1981). “Hidden mind of freedom”, Dharma Pub
“If you want to be a bridge of hope to the world, you've got to allow yourself to be walked on”
“And she looks at me with her eyes open wide and a face that says: Oh my God, I'm muckin' around in my sexy Jesus-boots, in my crazy dreamworld, and I've opened the door and let you in on my crazy dreamworld and that's so embarrassing but, actually, who cares? because it's funny.”

Source : Jaclyn Moriarty (2010). “The Ghosts Of Ashbury High”, p.2, Scholastic Inc.
“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”
“I am very scared of wasps; my cousin was stung in the eye once.”
“Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops.”
“What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.”

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