"He smiles but rarely and watches other men to see when they laugh and then does the same."

-- Susanna Clarke

#Men Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Working with Monk is like falling down a dark elevator shaft”
“A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.”
“Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.”
“Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires toward a judicious, intelligent awareness.”
“If you're having a very high-adrenaline, high-movement experience in virtual reality and then all of a sudden you're back in your office, that disconnect is pretty notable.”
“If you want it, you've got to give it.”
“Ingesting divine cinnabar will make your lifespan inexhaustible. You will last as long as heaven and earth, be able to travel on clouds and ride dragons, and ascend at will to the Heaven of Highest Clarity”
“Why should I worry, why should I care? And even when I cross that line, I got street savoire faire.”

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