"The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love."

-- Idries Shah

#Illumination Quotes #Intuition Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses!”
“I dont know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent Im hoping that with the next book, when people pick it up and read it, it will scare the pants off of them.”
“We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.”

Source : Gabor Mate, M.D. (2009). “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction”, p.396, Knopf Canada
“An agnostic is a cowardly atheist.”
“Wonder has no opposite; it springs up already doubled in itself, compounded of dread and desire at once, attraction and recoil, producing a thrill, the shudder of pleasure and of fear.”

Source : Marina Warner, Sophie Herxheimer, Gilbert Adair (1994). “Wonder Tales”, p.3, Oxford University Press on Demand
“To reach people no one else is reaching we must do things no one else is doing”
“In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there.”
“A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community.”

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