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“Imagine if our negative feelings, or at least lots of them, turned out to be illusions, and we could dispel them by just contemplating them from a particular vantage point.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

“invidious comparisons of this kind is to stand convicted of bigotry.”
― Sam Harris, Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion

“Douglass played the prophetic role of the “suffering servant” with zeal. His famous statement about agitation, delivered in a speech in 1857, has stood the test of time and numerous protest ideologies: “If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to”
― David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

“Can I really remember, over and over again, that, contrary to all indications, fulfilling my desires will not be as satisfying as lessening them? Simple, but not easy.”
― Jay Michaelson, Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment