Hamid

“The one thing that we yearn for in our living days, that makes us sigh and groan and undergo sweet nauseas of all kinds, is the remembrance of some lost bliss that was probably experienced in the womb and can only be reproduced (though we hate to admit it) in death. But who wants to die?”
― Jack Kerouac

“...mystery isn't something that you cannot understand -- it is something that you can endlessly understand!”
― Richard Rohr, The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation

“...the dark side of individualism is a centering on the self, which both flattens and narrows our lives, makes them poorer in meaning, and less concerned with others or society.”
― Charles Taylor, The Ethics of Authenticity

“When you are concerned with either attacking or defending, manipulating or resisting...you cannot be contemplative. When you are preoccupied with enemies, you are always dualistic.”
― Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See