“An assembly of the states, a court of justice, shows nothing so serious and grave as a table of gamesters playing very high; a melancholy solicitude clouds their looks; envy and rancor agitate their minds while the meeting lasts, without regard to friendship, alliances, birth or distinctions.” MindLooksStatesShowsLastsJusticeSeriousBirthRegardTablesCourtMeetingsCloudsEnvyGravesDistinctionGamblingMelancholyAlliancesAssemblyAgitateSolicitudeRancor Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Healthy mysticism praises acts of letting go, of being emptied, of getting in touch with the space inside and expanding this until it merges with the space outside. Space meeting space; empty pouring into empty. Births happen from that encounter with emptiness, nothingness. . . . Let us not fight emptiness and nothingness, but allow it to penetrate us even as we penetrate it.” HappensFightingSpaceBirthHealthyLetting GoEmptyPraiseMeetingsEncountersEmptinessMysticismNothingnessExpandingPenetratePouring Author:Matthew Fox
“My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.” MomentsSeemsMotherThreeFatherFamilyBirthHusbandDaughterAddMeetingsGamblingMy DaughterMy Husband Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I believe there are no random meetings in our lives – that everyone we touch, who touches us, has been put in our path for a reason. The briefest encounter can open a door, or heal a wound, or close a circle that was started long before your birth.” BelieveLongHas BeensReasonI BelievePathOur LivesDoorsBirthMeetingsWoundsCirclesHealEncounters Book:Every Secret Thing Source: Every Secret Thing
“All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances.” ShouldFirstsEndsRealizingReligiousKnowingBuildingBirthSorrowDestructionMeetingsSeparationPursuitCommandBuddhistInevitableFaithfulWorldlyGuruAcquisitionRenounceObservanceDispersion Author:Milarepa
“(After meeting her birth mother after more than 40 years) We exchange bunches of orchids, laughing at the coincidence of the flowers. A little unnerving: I wonder if that choice has anything to do with genetics. ... I want to take mine home and look after them so that they live for days. I might spray the leaves, and make sure they sit in an easterly window, and keep them out of the direct sun.” IfsWantYearsLooksLittlesHomeMightMotherChoicesWonderLaughingSunMinesFlowerBirthDirectWindowMeetingsBunchCoincidenceGeneticsSprayOrchidsLive For The DayBirth Mother Author:Jackie Kay