Gholston Buccaneers Quotes & Sayings

To perceive that form reveals the void, and to see that the void reveals form, is the secret for the overcoming of death. To the extent that one is unaware of space, one is unaware of one's own eternity - it's the same thing! — Alan Watts

The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it. — Robert Coover

Disappointment is considered bad. A thoughtless prejudice. How, if not through disappointment, should we discover what we have expected and hoped for? And where, if not in this discovery, should self-knowledge lie? So how could one gain clarity about oneself without disappointment?
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One could have the hope that he would become more real by reducing expectations, shrink to a hard, reliable core and thus be immune to the pain of disappointment. But how would it be to lead a life that banished every long, bold expectation, a life where there were only banal expectations like "the bus is coming"? — Pascal Mercier

She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider. — Jeremy Camp

The more you learn to forgive others; the more you gain the power of love. — Debasish Mridha