“Pain is temporary, but pride lasts forever”
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to…
Nothing comes to mind at the moment Spotty old man in the photo is me Whose true age is 5 or 6 The stewardess asks, “Is there a problem?” (I’m in the wrong seat) But always new - Philip Whalen
“Art altogether is nothing but a survival skill, we should never lose sight of this fact, it is, time and again, just an attempt — an attempt that seems touching even to our intellect — to cope with…
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star then your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about…
The majority of the recording was done while Moby was touring. He’d stay up in his hotel room because of his insomnia and work on music at odd times of day such as two in the morning. He said “it…
“The end of the world doesn’t come suddenly and without warning. To imagine it does, is to be fooled by popular misconception and thus fail to recognise the larger picture. The end of the world is an…
Early one very cold winter morning, a monk arose, and being very cold, went to build a fire. Alas, all the firewood was gone. So he took one of the two life-sized wooden Buddhas in the temple and…
Over several years, explorer Bruce Parry has dined with cannibals in West Papua, become a shaman in Venezuela and undergone painful rituals in Ethiopia. Parry spent a month living with fifteen…
“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.” ~ Max Ehrmann
It’s not about meditating “on” something or getting into a zone where you’re blissfully removed from your mind’s contents. Instead, the actual meaning of meditation is more like getting used to being…
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love…
