“I can’t tolerate cell phones,” I say. “For health reasons.” “Yech,” he grunts. “Those things ruined the country. I don’t know how, but they convinced the people that they should spend their whole lives inside a screen the size of a playing card. I’d take a jail cell over that bullshit any time.”
― Sleepwalk
― Sleepwalk
“A life lived in fear is a life half-lived,”
― The Need
― The Need
“Gradually, moment by moment, you may have come to realize that although you can’t stop the unsettling thoughts from arising in your mind, you can stop what happens next. You can stop the vicious circle from feeding off itself.”
― Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World
― Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World
“How people felt about one another was always in the voice. In the way they talked to one another when they thought they were alone.”
― The New Wilderness
― The New Wilderness
“Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person you are with, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making the person standing at your side happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life.”
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
― The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
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