#think

What lies at the heart of every living thing is not a fire, not warm breath, not a 'spark of life.' It is information, words, instructions... If you want to understand life, don't think about vibrant, throbbing gels and oozes, think about information technology. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#life

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#generation #next #next election #politician #statesman

I am a buyer of blank books. Kids find it interesting that I would buy a blank book. They say, "Twenty-Six dollars for a blank book! Why would you pay that?" The reason I pay twenty-six dollars is to challenge myself to find something worth twenty-six dollars to put in there. All my journals are private, but if you ever got hold of one of them, you wouldn't have to look very far to discover it is worth more than twenty-six dollars ↗

— Jim Rohn

#thinking #life

The teaching of the sexual tantras all come down to one point. Although desire, of whatever shape or form, seeks completion, there is another kind of union than the one we imagine. In this union, achieved when the egocentric model of dualistic thinking is no longer dominant, we are not united with it, nor am I united with you, but we all just are. The movement from object to subject, as described in both Eastern meditation and modern psychotherapy, is training for this union, but its perception usually comes as a surprise, even when this shift is well under way. It is a kind of grace. The emphasis on sexual relations in the tantric teachings make it clear that the ecstatic surprise of orgasm is the best approximation of this grace. ↗

— Mark Epstein

#desire #dualistic-thinking #grace #meditation #objectification

Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. ↗

— Idi Amin

#i #i am #mistake #people #sometimes

I think Michael Moore is loathsome, though, not because he dislikes Bush, but because he seems to dislike America. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#because #bush #dislike #dislikes #i

I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand. ↗

— Casper Van Dien

#crazy #i #i do #offhand #really

I don't want to live my life like a story. Always thinkin I could've been something. Don't run along side and control me. Just film away and let me be. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#control-me #divided #don-t-try-to-control-me #i-could-have-been-something #let-me-be

I beg your pardon; one knows exactly what to think. ↗

— Jane Austen

#people #society #thinking #life

Catch sunbeams in a mirror! A reflection of a sunbeam can melt an iceberg. ↗

— Lara Biyuts

#positive-thinking #sun #life