"The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another."

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Source : Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.14, Random House

Jack Kornfield

#Yoga Quotes #Matter Quotes #Moments Quotes

“I am not a conventionally religious man, but in the wilderness I have come closest to finding myself and knowing the universe and accepting God - by which I mean accepting all that I don't know.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Art quickens nature; care will make a face; Neglected beauty perisheth apace.”

Source : Robert Herrick (1869). “Hesperides: The Poems and Other Remains of Robert Herrick Now First Collected”, p.102
“I would have turned any offer down, if it had turned into a thriller. I would have seen no point in a thriller here. I don't need to entertain people, on top of what we were doing. It's not a question of whether he did it or not. I would have thought that was banal and uninteresting, and I wouldn't care. And it could have also turned into a shoot-out because there were a lot of guns in the film.”
“I'm now much more aware of my mental state. I have a lot more control over it and can choose how I feel.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm so jealous of people who have crushes on people they go to school with, or work with. That's such a blessing. You actually get to see them all the time and spend time with them.”
“If we lose our wilderness , we have nothing left, in my opinion, worth fighting for; or to be more exact, a completely industrialized United States is of no consequence to me.”
“The best thing to do is stare it in the face and move on. We have to face our fears and plow through. I think taking chances takes a lot more courage than staying stagnant and doing what's safe and comfortable.”
“But before and after the Mongol upheaval, the Khazars sent many offshoots into the unsubdued Slavonic lands, helping ultimately to build up the great Jewish centers of eastern Europe.”

Source : Salo Wittmayer Baron (1957). “A Social and Religious History of the Jews”

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