"The goal lies away from the sensual world. It is not a rejection of the sensual world, but understanding it so well that we no longer seek it as an end in itself. We no longer expect the sensory world to satisfy us. We no longer demand that sensory consciousness be anything other than an existing condition that we can use skillfully according to time and place."

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Ajahn Sumedho

#Lying Quotes #Goal Quotes #Rejection Quotes

“Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.”
“Revolutions are not made with literature. Revolutions equal gunfire.”
“I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies”
“Greaness IS for ALL of US. We just need to keep Believing in ourselves and follow our dreams.”
“Oh dear,"cried Rhonda just then, for Mr. Benedict, awash in strong emotion, has gone to sleep.with a sudden loud snore he toppled forward into the attentive arms of Rhonda and Number Two, who eased him to the floor. "What's wrong with him?" Constance asked. "He has narcolepsy," said Kate. "He steals a lot?" "That's kleptomania," Sticky said. "Mr. Benedict sleeps a lot.”
“Ale: Are you manipulating me again? T.C.: Try not to fall for it. I dare you.”
“I believe in total immersion, if you want to be rich, you have to program your mind to be rich. You have to unlearn all the thoughts that were making you poor and replace them with new thoughts - rich thoughts.”
“In love - it sounded like a sickness without any cure, and wasn't that just how it sometimes felt?”

Source : Cornelia Funke (2011). “Inkdeath”, p.147, Scholastic Inc.

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