“I can assure you, as a practitioner of Buddhism, that there are ten thousand states of mind, at least, give or take a few billion.” WorldGivingMindI CanStatesIgnoranceBuddhismThousandTenBillionsState Of MindOther Worlds Author:Frederick Lenz
“Loneliness... has very little to do with location. It's a state of mind. In the centre of every city are some of the loneliest people in the world... because our whole planet was just outside the window, I felt even more... connected to the seven billion other people.” PeopleWorldMindLittlesStatesWholeEarthFeltCitiesLonelinessPlanetsWindowSevenConnectedBillionsState Of MindLocationCentre Author:Chris Hadfield
“The US, for historical reasons, mistrusts the concept of a welfare state, and this mistrust shows itself nakedly under present US government, which commits uncounted billions of the national wealth to what it calls defence, and is close-fisted in giving money to plans which would ameliorate the grinding poverty of a great part of its people. Quite simply, in Canada you could not get away with that.” PeopleGivingStatesReasonShowsGovernmentWealthPovertyPlansConceptsHistoricalBillionsCommitWelfareCanadaGet AwayDefenceMistrustWelfare StateGiving Money Book:The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books Source: The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading, Writing, and the World of Books