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#1

“When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: crayon, quip, writing

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#2

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth

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#3

“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: christianity, fundamentalism, god, humor, idolatry, misattributed-to-anne-lamott, spirituality, truth

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#4

“Once we learn to stably regulate our attention, we can be fully present in our joy, compassion, and love; in turn, we can deny oxygen to our anger, anxiety, and self-cherishing. This is the first step towards lasting inner tranquility.”
― Kyle Parton, A Primer on Samatha Meditation

tags: anxiety, attention, attention-quotes, compassion, inner-peace, joy, love

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#5

“Samatha meditation is a theologically neutral spiritual practice. No devotion to a deity, guru, or dogma is needed to see remarkable results.”
― Kyle Parton, A Primer on Samatha Meditation

tags: contemplative-practice, dogma, guru, meditation, meditation-quotes, samatha, spiritual-practice, theology

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#6

“Contemplative practices have a way of gracefully gerrymandering the borders that once rigidly defined self and other.”
― Kyle Parton

tags: contemplative-practice, meditation, self

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#7

“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths; if you are going to achieve healthy relationships and inner peace, it will be from managing your weaknesses.”
― Kyle Parton

tags: inner-peace, strengths, strengths-and-weaknesses, weaknesses

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