"You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here."

-- Leonard Jacobson

#Awakening Quotes #Way Quotes #Abstract Quotes

“Every pretty girl is a heartbreaker”
“Her voice was slightly accented but her French was perfect. Someone who'd not just learned the language but loved it. And it showed with every syllable. Gamache knew it was impossible to split language from culture. That without one the other withered. To love the language was to respect the culture.”
“When people wear you out, spend some time in isolation with Allah and your relationship with Him will improve as well as with the people.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from May 19, 2015
“Success hides problems...you don't need to address problems.”
“It is necessary that... we should believe that we are as capable of producing great art as we believe we are capable of doing great deeds...”
“When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.”
“I practice yoga and breathing daily along with all the exercises on the instrument. I'm getting more and more monastic about it, especially when I'm on tour, because I'm making songs that are harder to perform all the time. So I no longer smoke and I drink a lot less on tour.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.”

Source : "Better than Amis?" by Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.

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