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“There were sensations first, and the consciousness remembered sensations. A different type of thought, a thought with substance, a doorway to the external world.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“Thoughts formed unbidden, memories and emotions and images, all the things that form a human.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“The consciousness tried to hide, to exist no more. But it was an impossibility to exist without thought. Even to desire not to think was to think.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“Only someone who loves books could create the special books. They are too beautiful to be an accident.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“This was what Drummond enjoyed most about his meetings—it wasn't that answers always found, it was that questions were asked and considered and enjoyed. No idea was scorned or dismissed, all thoughts were valid.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“Somebody once told me that you can't change the past, you can only create the present you live in.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“Take a little advice from me. Don't waste your life hidden away in your mind. Make the most of the time you have, otherwise before you know it, you'll have no time left.”
― Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

“Not everyone will have the heart you have. Not everyone will appreciate you and what you do for them. Sometimes it won't be easy having a kind heart in a cruel world. Be prepared.”
― Tony A. Gaskins Jr.

“The ripples of the kind heart are the highest blessings of the Universe.”
― Amit Ray, Yoga and Vipassana: An Integrated Life Style

“Keep close to your heart, them who wish the best for you.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“being on vacation transports you into another version of yourself.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“On vacation, you strike up conversations with strangers, and forget that there are any stakes. If it turns out impossibly awkward, who cares? You'll never see them again!”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation

“because the cure is where the disease is not, and the disease is where the cure is not.”
― John Green, Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

“I think I've worked hard enough at life—I wasn't given much, but I tried my best not to waste any of it, at least. But even as I've come this far on my own two feet, I can't help but feel other people have been pushing me along all the way.”
― Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

“If I were truly unhappy, I would've thought up ways to die much earlier than that.”
― Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

“The world is full of people who are worse off than ourselves—so when someone asks for help, you have to help them as much as you can. That's building virtue.”
― Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

“I don't think I had many worries when I had a job.”
― Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

“You don't have to look like a girl on the outside to become aware of your gift, and it's not like we don't age after we come into our calling.”
― Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

“Although we desire only positive experiences in life, it is inevitable that we will also encounter difficult times.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“The extent of the maturity and growth often corresponds to the severity of the situation we face. We learn to be patient, courageous, compassionate, and truthful through the pain we go through.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“So instead of pressuring myself to be better, I decided to give myself permission to not be all right. I asked myself to embrace these difficult feelings and see this moment exactly as it was. I allowed myself to feel what was actually there, rather than trying to change it or running away from it.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“I took a deep breath and spoke to the little boy: "I see you now. I will always stay right here with you, and never abandon you. I accept you just as you are, and love you with my whole heart.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“I want you to know that you can weather the storm. You are stronger than you feel right now and wiser than you believe.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“We get to redefine who we truly are by the way we respond to a setback. Remember that the greatest stories are not the ones where everything goes smoothly, as expected; they are always the ones about overcoming hardship and bouncing back from failure.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“A raw experience is neither inherently good nor bad. It just is. Yet our minds are quick to judge and then interpret something as either pleasant or unpleasant. Not suprisingly, the same raw experience can be interpreted quite differently from person to person, as each individual has been uniquely conditioned depending upon their past experiences.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“The most well-known practice for countering the mind's tendency to wander is gratitude. When we feel thankful, we usually don't think about what we don't have, or what we could have. This diminishes the mind's grasping tendency to want something else. At the same time, a grateful mind is open and receptive, so the resisting tendency of disliking what is here is also diminished. As we become glad about what has happened in the past and grateful for what we already have right now, our mind becomes calm and peaceful, unlike a resisting mind that is often full of critical thoughts, complaints, or arguments. When our heart is filled with thankfulness, there is little to no room for such negative thoughts.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“The more we practice gratitude, the more we will come to appreciate and be thankful for the things we have.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“Another way to counteract the mind's restless tendency is to wholeheartedly welcome unhappy experiences. Since our emotional well-being is primarily determined not so much by the present situation but rather our response to it, we can reduce our suffering by intentionally switching from the impulse to resist a welcoming atitude.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“Only when we move out of our comfort zone and find ourselves in the space of unfamiliarity and discomfort do we begin to learn and expand intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times

“When people accept themselves just as they are, they are more likely to change for the betterm Until then, they remain defensive, resist feedback, and rationalize why they cannot change.”
― Haemin Sunim, When Things Don't Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times