“Ego is neither positive nor negative. Those are simply concepts that create more boundaries. Ego is just ego, and the disaster of it all is that you, as a spiritual seeker, have been conditioned to think of the ego as bad, as an enemy, as something to be destroyed. This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don't go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.” ThinkingHas BeensWarFactsSpiritualPayAttentionEnemyEgoConceptsNegativeWho You AreDisasterBoundariesAriseConclusionDestroyedSeekersWar With Yourself Author:Adyashanti
“For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true.” TodayEnergyEconomicDecadesRenewable Energy Author:Barack Obama
“I can find almost anything funny, thank God, so you search for the black, lacy slip that encases the corpse. You know, shift the angle. God may take away, but he often leaves you with a terrific opening line for the next adventure. I would suggest taking it. Move on; change the angle; look at it in a different way tomorrow.” KnowsWayLooksMayI CanDifferentMovingNextBlackLinesAdventureTomorrowOpeningDifferent WaysThank GodSlipsAngleTerrificCorpsesNext Adventure Author:Tennessee Williams
“I prefer to shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it. You make the niches in which you finally reside.” PaintTargetArrowsNiche Author:Brian Eno
“The experience of losing a loved one impels us toward a deeper understanding of life. Everyone fears and is saddened by death. That is natural. But by struggling to overcome the pain and sadness that accompanies death, we become sharply aware of the dignity and preciousness of life and develop the compassion to share the sufferings of others as our own.” PainSufferingUnderstandingNaturalCompassionStruggleSadnessShareLosingDignityOvercomingDeeperLoved OnesAccompanySaddenedLosing A Loved OneSuffering Of OthersDeeper Understanding Author:Daisaku Ikeda
“The world, which God looked at and found entirely good, we find none too good to pollute entirely and destroy piecemeal.” WorldFound Book:The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry Source: The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry
“There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it.” WritingLongNovelIgnorance Author:John Irving
“A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren't going to finish a book.” IfsWorldWritingBookDesireTalentDiscipline Author:Nora Roberts
“I'm just trying to be the best player that I can be.” TryingI CanPlayerBeing The BestBest Players Author:Chris Bosh