"I am thinking of the onion again. . . . Not self-righteous like the proletarian potato, nor a siren like the apple. No show-off like the banana. But a modest, self-effacing vegetable, questioning, introspective, peeling itself away, or merely radiating halos like ripples."

-- Erica Jong

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Vegetables Quotes

“I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.”
“Courage, garrulousness and the mob are on our side. What more do we want?”
“Strength does not come from winning. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
“Spirituality is rooted in desire. We long for something we can neither name nor describe, but which is no less real because of our inability to capture it with words.”
“Conformity, humility, acceptance with these coins we are to pay our fares to paradise.”
“In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films.”
“Some rather seek up high Than dig and grind that inner truth”

Source : Song: The Ritual, 2008
“I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'”

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