"Who is it that loves and who that suffers? He alone stages a play with Himself; who exists save Him? The individual suffers because he perceives duality. It is duality which causes all sorrow and grief. Find the One everywhere and in everything and there will be an end to pain and suffering."

-- Anandamayi Ma

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“I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker, and you have to stop all that to write a novel.”
“We must occasionally remind ourselves of our brief visit on this planet. Shouldn't we try to express ourselves clearly, make a personal stamp on our environment, and pay attention to the details that make the difference?”
“Texas has arguably the most extreme separation between the well off and everyday people in the United States.”
“There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach.”
“A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The other is the historical descriptive aspect which is unravelling lines of phylogeny with ever-increasing precision. Each of these aspects may make suggestions concerning the possible significance of events seen under the other, but does not explain or translate them into simpler terms.”
“The trick is not escaping your fear, but confronting it and allowing it to drive and teach you. Only by getting to the bottom of your fears can you find their valuable lessons and move forward stronger than before.”
“History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.”
“You need to become a good listener. As you're working, you hear someone else's lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting.”

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