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Vergesst Kant! Was war und ist Aufklärung wirklich?: [Was bedeutet das alles?] – Hartmann, Tina – Erläuterungen – Denkanstöße – Analyse (Reclams Universal-Bibliothek) (German Edition)

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Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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“I’m sorry that the world is what it is. But you’ll learn how to survive—and you’ll have to create a space where you’re safe and learn to trust the right people.

This is such a comforting line, even if it underlies a lot of effort required in the process of creating one's space. But, I see it as a ray of hope.

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“Deep concentration has the effect of slowing down the thought process and speeding up the awareness viewing it. The result is the enhanced ability to examine the thought process. Concentration is our microscope for viewing subtle internal states.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

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“Advanced meditators are generally found to be pretty jovial people. They possess one of the most valuable of all human treasures, a sense of humor.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

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“Skillful thoughts, on the other hand, are those connected with generosity, compassion, and wisdom. They are skillful in the sense that they may be used as specific remedies for unskillful thoughts, and thus can assist you in moving toward liberation. You”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

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“sizable number of students seems to feel that a person should be completely moral before beginning to meditate. It is an unworkable strategy. Morality requires a certain degree of mental control as a prerequisite. You can’t follow any set of moral precepts without at least a little self-control, and if your mind is perpetually spinning like a fruit cylinder in a slot machine, self-control is highly unlikely. So mental culture has to come first.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

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“We can’t examine our own depression without accepting it fully. The same is true for irritation and agitation, frustration, and all those other uncomfortable emotional states. You can’t examine something fully if you are busy rejecting its existence.”
― Henepola Gunaratana, Mindfulness in Plain English

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