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When you become you yourself, at that moment your practice includes everything. Whatever there is, it is a part of you. You practice with everyone in the future and in the past. That is our practice. But when you do not become yourself, it
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“Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.”
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“You know why I love games? For the same reason I love literature. In a game . . . in a good poem or story? Death is the mother of beauty.” He stopped and twisted to face me. “Know what I’m sayin’?” “No idea.”
― Playground
― Playground
“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them”
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“The sea is not all that responds to the moon. Twice a day the solid earth bobs up and down, as much as a foot.”
― Annals of the Former World
― Annals of the Former World
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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In Other Worlds is a science fiction & fantasy book club, hosted by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We'll be reading and discussing new and classic titles, ...more
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Add your science-fiction or fantasy books to the list, but make sure it's not already there. . .no need for duplicate entries. ...more
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