"Boys need to learn the value of spiritual solitude. For the soul to grow, it needs those moments of no-stimulation, of wakeful peace. Because we adults don't usually practice enough solitudeâ€”because we are always 'doing' thingsâ€”we often neglect to teach our boys to find solitude"

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Source : Michael Gurian (2006). “The Wonder of Boys”, p.202, Penguin

Michael Gurian

#Spiritual Quotes #Boys Quotes #Practice Quotes

“We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die.”
“Now that I'm a dad, I'm practicing what I call 'one- handed cooking,' because I've got something more important in my other arm. I'm whipping up lots of frittatas and omelets.”
“I have dreamed of our bed as if it were a shore where we would be washed up, not this striped mattress we must cover with sheets. [from "After an Absence"]”
“The goal of long-run economic growth without asset price bubbles is not only achievable, but is something we should expect if we put a sound regulatory framework in place and if policymakers remain vigilant.”
“Is a mountain only a huge stone? Is a planet an enormous mountain?”
“Hate is a fear, and fear is rot That cankers root and fruit alike, Fight cleanly then, hate not, fear not, Strike with no madness when you strike.”

Source : Robert Graves, Beryl Graves, Dunstan Ward (1999). “Complete poems”, Carcanet Pr
“If there was such a thing as re-incarnation, Floyd would come back as himself”
“I'm in the back of a limousine with Charlie Chaplin and itâ€™s 1928. Charlie is beautiful; his body language seems to skip, and reel and rhyme, heartbreaking and witty at the same time. It seems to promise a better world.”

Source : Geoff Ryman (2013). “Paradise Tales: and Other Stories”, p.167, Small Beer Press

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