#dr

[...] Essence simply enjoys and commits attention and love to whatever is. In fact, committing attention to anything that is present results in enjoyment. The ego enjoys so little because it commits attention to what isn't present and to what it doesn't have, and suffers over that, instead of committing attention to whatever is. It loves its fantasies, dreams, and desires more than it loves reality. ↗

— Gina Lake

#essence #living-now #dreams

You know you're in lust when you're quick to fall into a reverie because dreams seem better than reality. ↗

— Emmanuel Aghado

#love #lust #reality #wisdom #dreams

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. ↗

— Charley Pride

#always #childhood #dreamer #especially #i

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#down #drink #i #i see #much

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#california #car #dream #i #job

Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#digging #garden #growing #how #like

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is. ↗

— Jason Priestley

#business #driven #entertainment #entertainment business #entirely

As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#delight #fashion #heaven #nobody #our

Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#created #fund #help #organization #over