Asynchronously Online Quotes & Sayings

Silence and stillness are not states and therefore cannot be produced or created. Silence is the non-state in which all states arise and subside. Silence, stillness and awareness are not states and can never be perceived in their totality as objects. Silence is itself the eternal witness without form or attributes. As you rest more profoundly as the witness, all objects take on their natural functionality, and awareness becomes free of the mind's compulsive contractions and identifications. It returns to its natural non-state of Presence. — Adyashanti

As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected. — Mark Rutte

Is not a patron my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? — Samuel Johnson

Self-love is extremely important. Love yourself enough to be unique; forge your own path. Stand out if you must! — Apryl L Yates

O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud
what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us. — Dante Alighieri

Each time a man looks into your eyes, he is only searching to find himself; for he knows already, that he is part of you — Jeremy Aldana

I came to realize, along with being attracted to girls, I had similar feelings for boys. All the people close to me have known for years who I am. Yet it took time to embrace that other part of who I always was. — Joel Grey

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. — Jessie Ware

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do. — Vladimir Kramnik

A well-made poem is a little haunted house, a tangible dwelling place for the spirit — Daniel Veach

What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right? — Susan George