Connexions International Quotes & Sayings

Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point. — Richard Rohr

Is it possible to love so desperately that life is unbearable? I don't mean unrequited, I mean being in the love. In the midst of it and desperate. Because knowing it will end, because everything does. End. — Peter Heller

Edit until your fingers bleed, then take a few deep breaths and edit some more... — Stephen B. Seager

Urban Outfitters, eh," said Beverley. "That explains the Dr Denim shirt."
"My mum bought me that," I said.
"And you think that's less embarrassing? — Ben Aaronovitch

Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, because whoever is
silent dissents. — Maria Isabel Barreno

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman. — Kevin Spacey

Thank ye."
"For what?"
"For bein' who ye are."
Gabby chuckled and shook her head, saying, "And who else could I be? — Patricia Grasso

People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense. — Shunryu Suzuki