“to say a thing 'must be', is the very power that makes it”
― Thoughts Are Things
― Thoughts Are Things
“war doesn't end war any more than a heroin fix ends a heroin addiction.”
― One City: A Declaration of Interdependence
― One City: A Declaration of Interdependence
“one of the greatest lessons that comes from meditation is that a relaxed curiosity about life and sleepwalking through it are two radically different choices”
― One City: A Declaration of Interdependence
― One City: A Declaration of Interdependence
“Every time we prepare food we interrupt a life cycle. We pull up a carrot or kill a crab- or maybe just stop the mold that's growing on a wedge of cheese. We make meals with those ingredients and in doing so we give life to something else. It's a basic equation and if we pretend it doesn't exist, we're likely to miss the other important lesson which is to give respect to both sides of the equation.”
― The School of Essential Ingredients
― The School of Essential Ingredients
“In the spiritual life every person is his or her own discoverer, and you need not grieve if your discoveries are not believed in by others. It is your business to push on find more and increase individual happiness”
― Thoughts Are Things
― Thoughts Are Things
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