"The brain does not manufacture thoughts unless we stimulate it with habitual verbalizing. When we train ourselves by constant practice to stop verbalizing, the brain can experience things as they are."

-- Henepola Gunaratana

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“Having a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.”
“He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it.”

Source : Paul Christopher (2006). “The Lucifer Gospel”, p.82, Penguin
“If the Nobel Prize was awarded by a woman, it would go to the inventor of the dimmer switch.”

Source : Kathy Lette (2012). “Altar Ego”, p.309, Random House
“I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen.”
“What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.”
“The journey of life is a mental one, which is taking place in the sea of illusion.”
“So imagine a fire going -- wood snapping the way it does when itâ€™s a little green â€” the wind rattling the windows behind the curtains -- and one of those Chopin melodies that feel like sorrow and ecstasy all mixed together pouring from the keys -- and you have my idea of happiness. Or just reading, reading and lamplight, the sound of pages turning. And so you dare to be happy. You do that thing. You dare.”

Source : Steven Millhauser (2007). “The King in the Tree”, p.5, Vintage
“Going home and spending time with your family and your real friends keeps you grounded.”

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