“You know, there's a Zen saying: "Like the pebbles in a bag, the monks polish one another.”
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“Those who are determined to be ‘offended’ will discover a provocation somewhere. We cannot possibly adjust enough to please the fanatics, and it is degrading to make the attempt.”
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“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact. —George Eliot”
― The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction
― The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction
“I was a linear thinker, and according to Zen linear thinking is nothing but a delusion, one of the many that keep us unhappy. Reality is nonlinear, Zen says. No future, no past. All is now.”
― Shoe Dog
― Shoe Dog
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