“Trying to fulfill earthly desires was like carrying water to the sea; a never- ending task, and an ultimately useless one.”
“The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind. To stare at a mandala was to experience, if only briefly, the nothingness that is at the heart of enlightenment.”
“Lead me into all misfortune. Only by that path can I transform the negative into the positive.”
“He had done the right thing and that was what counted. That was the best you could do in life. How others took it was beyond his control.”
“people were like icebergs--most of what really went on, especially the ugliness, was submerged”
“a walther ppk. you're a james bond fan, i imagine....”
“The point of a cruise ship is the cruise itself. But an ocean liner’s job is to transport people on a schedule. The”
“To quote Voltaire, ‘Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.”
“Do I need to remind Mummy of the petunias? - Ariadne, to her father”
“While there is no shame in being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex - or even straight (but not narrow) - there is most certainly shame and dishonor in being a homophobe, a transphobe and a bigot.”
“He who replies to words of doubt
doth put the light of knowledge out.”
“2015 Caldecott Honor winner; and Battle Bunny, written with Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Matthew Myers. He also writes the”
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