“It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime.” StatesProblemDifficultAchieveCrimeCreationCostBoundariesWelfareUnemploymentPromoting Author:William J. Brennan
“The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.” TwoDifficultCivilizationDrawsEarsRingsBoundariesNosesCivilizedSavagesBarbarism Author:Pearl S. Buck
“The most difficult thing for spiritual seekers to do is to stop struggling, striving, seeking, and searching. Why? Because in the absence of struggle you don't know who you are; you lose your boundaries, you lose your separateness, you lose your specialness, you lose the dream you have lived all your life. Eventually you lose everything that your mind has created and awaken to who you truly are: the fullness of freedom, unbound by any identifications, identities, or boundaries.” KnowsLifeMindDreamSpiritualDifficultLosesFreedomStruggleIdentityWho You AreStriveSeekingAbsenceBoundariesFullnessSeekersDifficult ThingsIdentificationDreams You HaveSeparatenessSpecialnessUnbound Author:Adyashanti
“It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven thousand years and over miles of land cutting across national boundaries and vast expanses of sea. Yet it is vital to do just that to fully comprehend the longevity as well as the widespread power and influence this religion once held.” YearsWellsReligionDifficultWomenCuttingSeaInfluenceLandPeriodsThousandPaidSevenExtremesMilesBoundariesSignificanceReverenceGoddessLongevityThousand YearsImmensityExpanse Author:Merlin Stone