The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the … - John Burdett

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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

John Burdett

The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to be an obscenity, a corruption of our nirvanic nature.

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I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

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Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

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I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

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Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

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Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

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Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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Mary Renault

I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a King. And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.

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James Salter

You would have to be very optimistic to think that any of your books will be among the books that survive in the very long run. I think if a writer is lucky enough to still have a few books around after he's gone, a few that are still being read, then he's accomplished quite a lot.

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Lawrence O'Donnell

While alcohol. . . continues to wreak havoc in America, supported by a $6 billion-a-year alcohol industry advertising campaign extolling the joy of inebriation, the far less harmful drug of marijuana remains illegal and continues to ruin people's lives - only if they are caught possessing and convicted of that crime.

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I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.

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