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‘The highest form of love respects and honors the other persons independence and freedom, creating a space for them to thrive uniquely’

‘True love embodies patience, understanding and compassion’

‘Anchored in trust, respect and open communication - this form of love becomes a catalyst, inspiring us to evolve into our best selves. Without these anchors, the ship of our relationship risks sinking into the uncertain depths of jealousy, doubt and insecurity.’

‘Furthermore, love calls for a dual awareness - an understanding of the other and a keen introspection of the self. Falling in love, an emotional state that can change as swiftly as the wind, is one thing, while offering love - a thoughtful, selfless commitment to the other persons happiness, is another. To offer such love goes beyond fleeting feelings, it requires deep understanding, steadfast dedication —->

‘If love blossoms in this environment, it’s because the soil is fertile, nurtured by mutual respect, shared values and common spiritual goals’

‘A good spiritual friend is like a sturdy tree that stands firm in the face of a raging storm’

‘What’s unfortunate is how often women are the enforces of these norms, policing each other to adhere to a standard of ‘modesty’ or ‘appropriate’ behaviour - essentially participating in their own oppression.

‘We stood beside the Perfume River, where the water flowed in harmony with the universe’

‘This claim stands out like a jagged rock disrupting the flow of a calm river. It’s jarring. It doesn’t harmonize with the other teaching within the same sutta, particularly the Buddhas foundational doctrine of not-self’

‘In essence, our journey toward enlightenment is crafted by our deliberate, ethical actions, not by labels or birthrights.’

‘He regards any divisions or disparities among humans as being as fleeting as morning dew - ready to dissipate under the warm gaze of the dawning sun’

‘The truth is out there, waiting to be discovered. But it’s up to us to sift through the noise, question the status quo, and turn the page to unveil what lies beneath the ink of tradition’

‘Imagine a six year old with sparkling brown eyes, her youthful curiosity contagious, showering you with questions that can light up a lazy Sunday’

‘Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth’

‘I knew that society frequently asks women to bloom while planting them in the shade’

‘Right now, as young girls with bright futures, they need to understand their potential - and the potential of every girl and woman - was limitless. This eternal truth surpasses the constraints of any patriarchal faith’

What shall I do? he thought. Tell me, what shall I do? But the moon did not answer

‘With this kind of money I can be as grown up as I want to be,’ Scipio answered. He took the bag a put it on the floor between him and Mosca.

‘Did you hear that, Renzo?’ The woman leaned against the deck rail and eyed Scipio with puzzled amusement. ‘He wants to be grown up. How different dreams can be!’

‘Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like being a caterpillar’

dude i think this my my favourite author now?!!

incredible

We try to copy these patterns in our lives and our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet, it is possible to see peril in the finding of ultimate perfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move toward death.

There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, in the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush or the pattern of its leaves.

‘a process cannot be understood by stopping it. understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.’

hawats eyes were two pools of altertness in a dark and deeply seamed face

‘she saw and yet did not see the evenings banked colours across meadow and river. she heard and yet did not hear the reverend mothers question’

‘thou shalt not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind’

the human requires a background grid through which to see his universe / focused consciousness by choice, this forms your grid

animal consciousness does not extend beyond the given moment nor into the idea that it’s victoms may become extinct - to be conscious by choice

He stopped embroidering that fantasy long ago.

We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.

The capacity to suffer. Elwood—all the Nickel boys-existed in the capacity. Breathed in it, ate in it, dreamed in it. That was their lives now. Otherwise they would have per-ished. But to love those who would have destroyed them? To make that leap? We will meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will and we will still love you.