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Nor is healing synonymous with self-improvement. Closer to the mark would be to say it is self-retrieval.
“May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness. May we be free from suffering and the root of suffering. May we not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering. May we dwell in the great equanimity free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.”
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
― Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
“If people can't control their own emotions, then they have to start trying to control other people's behavior.”
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“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
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“The inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that this is the only life that one is ever likely (heavenly intervention aside) to live.”
― On Love
― On Love
“Luck is believing you’re lucky.”
― Waking Gods
― Waking Gods
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