Bridgeable Router Quotes & Sayings

That was one plus about profound self-loathing. Nobody could hate you worse than you hated yourself. — Francine Pascal

Once renunciation and the awakened mind have been fully realized, the way to Buddhahood is clear. Liberation is complete and such liberated beings are then Bodhisattvas and Buddhas: "enlightened ones," or "empty dwellers." Their usefulness to others both before and after their physical death, is impossible to conceive. They are nothing but useful energy leading to liberation for all beings still caught in conditioned existence. — Maura O'Halloran

And for those of us who have, you know, looked in sort of the established order of the political fray over the course of the past several years, it looks like chaos. But to the people I think it looks like democracy. And I think that that's something that really is moving us to a new reality, where the parties are going to have to retrofit themselves and adapt to this new realignment. — Ben Domenech

In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the idea that wages are a market price-determined by supply and demand, the same as the price of apples or coal. And it is for that reason, rather than the practical details, that the broader political movement of which the demand for a living wage is the leading edge is ultimately doomed to failure: For the amorality of the market economy is part of its essence, and cannot be legislated away. — Paul Krugman

Now tell me something. What's your word for husband?"
"Hellren, I suppose. The short version is just hell."
She laughed softly. "Go figure. — J.R. Ward

Joey and Big Ed loved each other with the kind of straight-boy-devotion that started wars, terror attacks, and video game companies. — Sherman Alexie

When life gives you lemons ...
Plant its seeds.
Grow yourself an orchard.
Sell it to Sunkist.
Carry on — Jose N. Harris

I am gentle with myself, knowing that I am doing the best I can with the knowledge and understanding I have — Louise Hay

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle. — Lech Walesa