Ego thinks it is much more powerful than it actually is. In this way it defends itself against the realization of its true condition...which is fucked.
Robert Hall
quoted in A Hell of Mercy, Tim Farrington
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OUR PATRON SAINT
"There are three ways to ultimate success.
The first way is to be kind.
The second way is to be kind.
The third way is to be kind."
The first way is to be kind.
The second way is to be kind.
The third way is to be kind."
–Fred Rogers
"For a long time, I've wondered why I felt like bowing when people showed their appreciation
for the work that I've been privileged to do. It's been a kind of natural response to a feeling of great gratitude. What I've come to understand is that we who bow are probably– whether we know it or not–acknowledging the presence of the sacred. We're bowing to the sacred in our neighbor."
for the work that I've been privileged to do. It's been a kind of natural response to a feeling of great gratitude. What I've come to understand is that we who bow are probably– whether we know it or not–acknowledging the presence of the sacred. We're bowing to the sacred in our neighbor."
–Fred Rogers
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