"Even my desire to become free or enlightened is just another craving for fulfillment or completion in the future. So donâ€™t seek to become free or desire or â€œachieveâ€ enlightenment. Become present."

-- Eckhart Tolle

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“I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at a time of personal distress is so soothing because one has the ease of knowing that one's secrets will not be repeated to anyone. Yet there are those who are horrified that an animal can be a more reliable part of one's world than that of the human world.”
“If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.”
“Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack cocaine.”
“With better vision, we sacrifice for students for whom that sacrifice will most likely pay off. I'm sorry to say this, but there are times when even superhuman effort will not save a child from his environment or himself. It's not the job of the teacher to save a child's soul; it is the teachers' job to provide an opportunity for the child to save his own soul.”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.91, Anchor
“Fortunately, when we have all our marbles, we can shift our memories very quickly.”
“Oh, ants, my sisters, good old honeydew-seekers! From close up you are sticky and shiny and gristly; and your nymphs have parasitic red mites stuck to them. You are too intent upon your chewing and gathering to listen to me, but I tell you that despite my warm feelings I really do not like you, and I cannot feel sorry for you in any way because there are too many of you and you are not cute at all. You eat too much of my forests; you are a rebellious tribe, and I will destroy you; I will poison your nests with sweet-smelling traps.”
“Can I flirt with another guy to make him jealous?" "Oh no." She laughed, still holding my hands. "That will unleash something you can't handle. You don't mess with men that way.”
“When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.”

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