June 08, 2011

I imagine the reason that people hold on to hatred so stubbornly is because if the hate is removed, the pain will set in. ~ James Baldwin

May 01, 2011

The positive power of virtue is enormous.  When we don't live by these precepts, it is said we live like wild beasts; without them, all other spiritual practice is a sham.  Imagine trying to sit down to meditate after a day of lying and stealing.  Then imagine what a different world this would be if everyone kept one precept -- not to kill, not to lie, or not to steal.  We would truly create a new world order. ~ Jack Kornfield ( from "A Path With Heart")

August 27, 2010

How could you know, when you were twenty and impossibly sexy and unable to imagine yourself otherwise, that time would teach you something. That age is not a loss but an exchange: of wisdom for youth, grace for foolishness, love for lust. And it is an exchange that will seem a very unfair trade, not for the woman, but for the girl. ~ Unknown