“It would be truly wonderful if we could live as alcoholics do, to be unwarlike for just another day. We don’t.”
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
“The first definition of love is to be there. This is a practice. How can you love if you are not there? In order to love you have to be there, body and mind united. A true lover knows that the practice of mindfulness is the foundation of true love.”
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?” “Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you’re thinking about life and about the world.”
― The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
― The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream
“If Western Civilization were a person, we would be directing it to the nearest meeting of War-Preparers Anonymous. We would be telling it to stand up before the meeting and say, “My name is Western Civilization. I am a compulsive war-preparer. I have lost everything I ever cared about. I should have come here long ago. I first hit bottom in World War I.”
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
― Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut
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