Bruce Behymer

“If you can’t advertise yourself, what hope do you have of being able to advertise anything else?”
― Kenneth Roman, The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising

“ideal spiritual journey needs the balance of “gloriousness” and “wretchedness.” If it were all glory, just one success after another, we’d get extremely arrogant and completely out of touch with human suffering. On the other hand, if it were all wretchedness and we never had any insights, and never experienced joy or inspiration, then we’d get so discouraged that we’d give up. So, what’s needed is a balance. But as a species, we tend to overemphasize the wretchedness.”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

“We are never encouraged to experience the ebb and flow of our moods, of our health, of the weather, of outer events—pleasant and unpleasant—in their fullness. Instead we stay caught in a fearful, narrow holding pattern of avoiding any pain and continually seeking comfort. This is the universal dilemma.”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

“The Buddhist explanation”
― Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears