Each day of my life I am sowing seeds that one day I will harvest.
Analysis does not transform consciousness.
Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk alone among those hills or in the woods or along the long, white, bleached sands, in that solitude you would know what meditation is. The ecstasy of solitude comes when you are not frightened to be alone no longer belonging to the world or attached to anything. Then, like that dawn that came up this morning, it comes silently, and makes a golden path in the very stillness, which was at the beginning, which is now, and which will be always there.
The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are caught up in the description, as most people are, then you will never see the mountain
If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life.
There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.
You must be mistaken," Isabel said, unconcerned by the insult that the words carried. "I assure you i am not. Voluptas is nearly always portrayed wrapped in roses. If that were not enough, her faces confirms her identity. " "You cannot tell a goddess from a face carved in marble," she scoffed. "You can tell Voluptas by her face. " "I've never even heard of this goddess, and you know what she looks like?" "She is the goddess of sensual pleasure. " Isabel's mouth fell open at the words. She could not think of a single thing to say in response. "Oh
Comedy is a weird thing. You have to understand, it's the weirdest thing you can do. There's no consensus. It's not like. . . People say, "I saw Saving Private Ryan, and that scene on the beach is just so moving. " I can't imagine anyone who would say "I don't find that moving!" But you can show, whether it's Laurel & Hardy or the Three Stooges or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, some people are going to look at it and say "That's the funniest thing I've ever seen. " Some people will say "I don't get it. " Who's right, who's wrong?
What I think I'll do is I'll do my best to yank Debbie out of me by the roots. And then I'll turn up on your doorstep, one day when you least expect it, and I'll hope by then you will have given up on your vampire.
For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.