"Transcending gives a human being a chance to think before acting. And experiencing this beautiful treasury within gets rid of torment and replaces it with happiness, inner peace, creativity intelligence, love, energy. This fuels a real good life and fuels an appreciation for all human beings. It's so powerful and it's a blessing for humanity."

-- David Lynch

#Beautiful Quotes #Appreciation Quotes #Good Life Quotes

“There is a strange taboo in our society against ending something merely because it is not pleasant-- life, love, a conversation, you name it, the etiquette is that you must begin in ignorance & persevere in the face of knowledge, & though I naturally believe that this is profoundly wrong it's not nice to go around constantly offending people.”

Source : Helen DeWitt (2016). “The Last Samurai”, p.136, New Directions Publishing
“Nothing burns in hell but ego" says Tauler. Does anything live but Buddha Nature, Christ Spirit?”
“You mustnâ€™t give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until theyâ€™re strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.”
“Just because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.”
“If I'm not working, I don't know what to do.”
“I think a woman should be wholesome, voluptuous and sizzling!”
“[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.”

Source : Rex Stout (2010). “Fer-de-Lance”, p.3, Crimeline
“Since World War II, Japan has spawned enormous numbers of new religions featuring the supernatural.... In Thailand, diseases are treated with pills manufactured from pulverized sacred Scripture. Witches are today being burned in South Africa.... The worldwide TM [Transcendental Meditation] organization has an estimated valuation of $3 billion. For a fee, they promise to make you invisible, to enable you to fly.”

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