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“The more we try to avoid an experience, the more we ensure its return.”
― Rodney Smith, Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self

“When we believe we are not where we need to be for spiritual growth, we relegate our daily life to a secondary tier. We energetically pull out of our spiritual life and wait for the appropriate secluded moment in order to fully engage.”
― Rodney Smith, Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self

“This company is a huge machine and it will assimilate you. You will not change it. It will barely notice you’re alive. Learn to be a happy cog and everything will work fine.”
― David Ellis Dickerson, House of Cards: The True Story of How a 26-Year-Old Fundamentalist Virgin Learned about Life, Love, and Sex by Writing Greeting Cards

“Though in death I forever cease to be, yet will I trust him.”
― Charles C. Finn, Gentle Warrior John Yungblut: Guide on the Mystic's Journey