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“One of the things that you realize when you see the nature of the self is that what you do and what happens to you are the same thing. Realizing that you do not exist separately from everything else, you realize responsibility:”
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
― The Cow in the Parking Lot: A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger
“Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama.”
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
“I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.”
― Half Blood Blues
― Half Blood Blues
“The cabbie's eyes sort of glazed over. Canada kills any conversation quick, I learned long ago. It's a little trick of mine.”
― Half Blood Blues
― Half Blood Blues
“I have come to think that care of the soul requires a high degree of resistance to the culture around us, simply because that culture is dedicated to values that have no concern for the soul.”
― Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
― Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
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