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Quote by Jack Kornfield

“As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.”

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Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield is an American author and meditation teacher, born in 1945. His works mainly focus on Buddhist meditation and spiritual growth, which have won him a wide audience. more

“Know that humiliation does not weaken you, it strengthens you. The more egoistic you are, the more humiliation you feel. When you are childlike and have a greater sense of kinship, you do not feel humiliated. When you are steeped in love with the Existence, with the Divine, nothing whatsoever can humiliate you.”

Knows Feels Doe Existence Greater Divine Humiliation Childlike Humiliated Kinship Humiliate

Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.”

Long Special Occasions Special Occasion

Book:Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Source: Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

“Why run? I run because I am an animal. I run because it is part of my genetic wiring. I run because millions of years of evolution have left me programmed to run. And finally, I run because there’s no better way to see the sun rise and set... What the years have shown me is that running clarifies the thinking process as well as purifies the body. I think best - most broadly and most fully - when I am running.”