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Perhaps the immobility of the things that surround us is forced upon them by our conviction that they are themselves and not anything else, by the immobility of our conception of them.
“Love is wise,
Hatred is foolish”
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Hatred is foolish”
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“Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present. Our life has no end in the way in which our visual field has no limits.”
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
― Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
“Patience is the key. Patience. If you learn nothing else from meditation, you will learn patience. Patience is essential for any profound change.”
― Mindfulness in Plain English
― Mindfulness in Plain English
“But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”
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“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”
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