"This search for perfection - which is a search for divinity - is nothing more than the failure to accept our existence the way it is."

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Source : Bernadette Roberts (1985). “The Path to No-Self: Life at the Center”, p.45, SUNY Press

Bernadette Roberts

#Perfection Quotes #Divinity Quotes #Way Quotes

“No time like the present”
“It`s the nature of cable news that we [TV hosts] do a lot of clipping and quoting of other broadcasts and outlets, sometimes to make a narrative point, sometimes to make a political one, and sometimes just to make a joke.”
“You can't speak for the people unless you're able to walk amongst the people. And how many of these rappers out here actually hang out with regular people?”
“Emotions are the natural substances of the soul ... and when we think we can't handle the emotions, we lose the natural substances of the soul and begin looking for substances to replace the flow.”
“To adopt nuclear disarmament would be akin to behaving like a virgin in a brothel.”
“If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to out work thousands in front of nobody.”

Source : FaceBook post by Damian Lillard from Mar 13, 2016
“I'm not interested to change about the government. I'm interested to change the conditions for the people. So, yes, I talk a lot. But I think this is the only way for Italy in this moment.”
“It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before.”

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