"A choice which confronts every one of us at every moment is this: Shall we permit our fellow men to know us as we now are, or shall we seek instead to remain an enigma, an uncertain quantity , wishing to be seen as something we are not?"

-- Sidney Jourard

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“Many people think there's nothing they can do to change their karma - it's preordained so why bother trying to change their situation? This is what scares people. These folks think that to accept the reality of karma one must be passive. It simply isn't true. Karma is active. We can - in the blink of an eye - make decisions that will shape our futures and transform the parts of our lives that are causing us unhappiness.”
“I'm a white guy listening to the Cure and thinking about Pynchon influences.”
“To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.”
“Knowledge of that which concerns us infinitely is possible only in an attitude of infinite concern.”
“Whitley Bay was my first experience of the seaside. I'd buy my bucket and spade, and beach ball, and all the shops were teeming with toys. I used to spend hours on the shuggy boats.”
“A theologian who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they necessarily are reflected in his theology.”
“You might as well appeal against the thunderstorm.”
“I would not advise people to buy a car or house without making a list. You will probably improve your intuitions by making a list and then sleeping on it.”

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