mind

"Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes."

"The curious mind embraces science; the gifted and sensitive, the arts; the practical, business; the leftover becomes an economist"

"If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?"

"The Freedom Paradox [10w] The act of protecting freedom is a violation of freedom."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."

"Who Isn't [10w] Psychotherapy's powerless once you assume you're smarter than the therapist."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."

"You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do."

"Still Hangin' in the Child Hood [20w] You can spend an entire lifetime trying to be a child again,or never lose your childhood to begin with."

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Unfathomable mind: now beacon, now sea."

"Disability [10w] Unconditional love can turn a child's disability into an advantage."

"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."

"A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter."

"The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Hill That's because my lawn is on a south-facing slope of the hill and more more open to sunlight and warm winds. It's dryer due to higher levels of evapotranspiration than my neighbor's greener north-facing slope.I'm not the least bit envious of the color of his greener grass.I'm just pissed that the prick owns a better piece of real estate."

"Read vs. Write If you want to know about life second hand, read;if you want to experience life directly, write."

"When you buy into any version of fear, it can become your experience because your molecules are intelligent and your energy responds to the predominant feeling in your being. The focus of your mind is exactly what gives the orders to create what you experience."

"Travel [10w] The difference between a traveler and vacationer is one arrives."

"Patanjali says that we can meditate on anything that our heart desires. The important thing is not what we meditate on, but more that we meditate. And then gradually to meditate more and more on what corresponds to the innermost longing of our heart. The practice of meditation . . . gradually works its magic in stilling the mind. (42)"