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The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh (Shambhala Pocket Classics)

by Thich Nhat Hanh

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Jan 11, 2024 05:27AM

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Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day

by Jay Shetty

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Jan 11, 2024 05:24AM

“The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.”
― Wendy Wasserstein

tags: balance, happiness, humor, identity, intimacy, life, love, sadness, self-loathing

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“ There is a circle of humanity, he told me, and I can feel its warmth. But I am forever outside. ”
― Susan Griffin, A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War

tags: exclusion, humanity, war

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“I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.”
― Nadezhda Mandelstam, Hope Against Hope

tags: silence, voice

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“I hate the thought that I'm just some kind of Russian nesting doll with the big outside and inevitably, rattling around under all the layers, a crude little peg with a face is the truth of me.”
― Wendy McClure, I'm Not the New Me

tags: insecurity, self-loathing, self-worth

32 likes