"The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out the truth for ourselves, accepting no one's word above our own experience."

-- Jack Kornfield

#Practice Quotes #Independence Quotes #Quality Quotes

“It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect.”
“Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.”
“A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.”

Source : "One Quote Sums Up Why John Legend Is the Voice for Justice Music Desperately Needs" by Kate Beaudoin, mic.com. March 3, 2015.
“I never mixed with golfers when I was playing, mainly because I didn't want to talk golf all night.”

Source : "Learning to smile" by Nick Greenslade, www.theguardian.com. June 30, 2007.
“Sometimes I'll flip through a magazine and do a double take when I see myself in it, it's just crazy!”

Source : "Five Questions with Kimberly Caldwell". www.seventeen.com. October 8, 2009.
“I liked it. I liked her. And every time I saw her, she seemed more beautiful. She just seemed to glow. I'm not talking like a hundred-watt bulb; she just had this warmth to her. Maybe it came from climbing that tree. Maybe it came from singing to chickens. Maybe it came from whacking at two-by-fours and dreaming about perpetual motion. I don't know. All I know is that compared to her, Shelly and Miranda seemed so...ordinary.”
“We live in a world where people don't all have the same scruples, where all blows can be given, and where, in order to down somebody, all means can be used. Nothing will lead me astray from the path that I have chosen.”
“Good relationships make people happy, and happy people enjoy more and better relationships than unhappy people.... Conflicts in relationships--having an annoying office mate or roommate, or having chronic conflict with your spouse--is one of the surest ways to reduce your happiness. You never adapt to interpersonal conflict; it damages every day, even days when you don't see the other person but ruminate about the conflict nonetheless.”

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