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When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the read more
When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.
Never frown...even when you're sad you never know when someone is falling in love with your smile.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
Tears are the summer showers to the soul.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am read more
I am inhabited by a cry.
Nightly it flaps out
Looking, with its hooks, for something to love.
I am terrified by this dark thing
That sleeps in me;
All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some read more
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.
