“What healthy religion is saying is that the real life is both now and later. You have to taste the Real first of all now. The constant pattern, however, is that most Christians either move both backwards (religion as nostalgia) or into the distant future (religion as carrot on the stick) and consistently avoid where everything really happens and mattersthe present moment.” FirstsRealMatterMomentsHappensChristianMovingLife IsFaithHealthyTasteConstantSticksPatternsNostalgiaReal LifePresent MomentConsistentlyBackwardsCarrotsNow And Later Author:Richard Rohr
“When a book's pattern and the shape of its inner life is as plain to the reader as it is to the author -- then perhaps it is time to throw the book aside, as having had its day, and start again on something new.” BookLife IsReaderShapesPatternsSomething NewInner Life Book:The Golden Notebook Source: The Golden Notebook
“The Buddhists believe that everything in life is random. There are patterns that are intrinsic to life. We don't know why, we just know they're there like the DNA. We have no idea.” KnowsBelieveIdeasLife IsPatternsBuddhistNo IdeaDna Author:Frederick Lenz
“Life is fragmentary, and the pattern that creativity can offer is not one that is imposed, not something rigid, but rather something which can reveal the intrinsic patterns of that fragmentation. Things are in a perpetual dance, but there is an order. It's not really random at all.” Life IsOrderCreativityOffersPatternsPerpetualFragmentation Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Life is unpredictable when you get non-standard behavior patterns.” Life IsBehaviorStandardsPatternsUnpredictableBehavior Patterns Author:Jake Busey