There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think of God. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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