Quotes
Authors
Jay Michaelson
"Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to be wasting your time in this way. But you’re not! There are generations of weirdos, monasteries full of them, and we have the benefit of their accumulated wisdom." --
Source : Jay Michaelson (2013). “Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment”, p.108, North Atlantic Books
Jay Michaelson
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“I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the curtain closed to stop the light hitting the computer.”
“Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.”
Source : "The Impact of Israel’s Internal Politics" by Edgar M. Bronfman, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 5, 2010.
“She nodded, wondering why couldn't she have been named Mary. Or Sue. Butno , she had to be nine-letter Elizabeth.”
“Revenge produces nothing in the end. Even if you hate someone enough to kill them, you won't be saved from it. Always face forward. Walk down the path that has light.”
“Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.”
“Although my father is English, I was brought up in Australia.”
Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“History, well taught, is the demythologising of the past... Take any important issue of our time - Northern Ireland, Nuclear Disarmament, Race, The Welfare State, South Africa - and it becomes impossible to seriously confront any of them without understanding their historical background.”
“I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it repulsive.”
