“Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.”
“[T]he mind cannot always brood on the same cares, but needs fresh cares from time to tome, so as to revert with renewed vigour, when the time comes, to ancient cares.”
Source: Molloy
“Because science has given modern society the things of comfort, solutions to important issues (sanitation, electricity, transportation, food production, entertainment, etc.), we have become conditioned to depend upon it for answers to everything. And because of this conditioning, we have come to rely upon science to also provide answers for that which is beyond its capacity to provide.”
Source: The Self is a Belief: The idea that causes suffering
“The mind and brain enable us to be aware of the thoughts and actions that seem to arise and fall, but they do not create consciousness. They are effects of consciousness. All that comes and goes does so within this soup of consciousness.”
Source: Consciousness: The Potentiality of All Existence: Exploring reality and belief as a subjective experience
“A man who recognizes his place is to be rewarded."
"And a woman who spurns hers is to be feared.”
Source: A Cult of Questionable Motives
“Sorry, D'on didn't mention a dress code. Is a duster too revealing?”
Source: A Cult of Questionable Motives
“Ginny's martinis were technically perfect, like a meal served out of a box, balanced in taste and strength. Marino's angry martinis were dangerous coz they were mostly vermouth and tasted like a meal crafted out of marital resentment.”
Source: A Cult of Questionable Motives
“I wasn't used to seeing a lone wolf. I could've sword the FBI sent them out in identical pairs. This one even have that generic look about him, like God had rolled a lot of him off a belt thirty years ago, got 'em to quality control, gave 'em one good once over and said, 'Eh, good enough for government work.”
Source: A Cult of Questionable Motives
“I'm used to lying to grown-ups. It's a habit I got into. It simplifies things.”
Source: Beads, Boys and Bangles
“Lovely is my new word, I've decided. Lovely means "back off and leave me alone, I'm confused".”
Source: Beads, Boys and Bangles