Moinhos Da Quotes & Sayings

Q: When emotions are transmuted, that doesn't mean they disappear, does it? A: Not necessarily, but they are transmuted into other forms of energy. If we are trying to be good or peaceful, trying to suppress or subdue our emotions, that is the basic twist of ego in operation. We are being aggressive toward our emotions, trying forcefully to achieve peace or goodness. Once we cease being aggressive toward our emotions, cease trying to change them, once we experience them properly, then transmutation may take place. The irritating quality of the emotions is transmuted once you experience them as they are. Transmutation does not mean that the energy quality of the emotions is eliminated; in fact it is transformed into wisdom, which is very much needed. — Chogyam Trungpa

Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. — Honore De Balzac

It is the Bohemian fad to expatriate himself, to seek strange and bizarre environments. As soon as a place begins to attract civilization he flees it for some new hiding place. When he chooses a Chinese dinner he must have a restaurant where no white man has ever before trod, if he can find one. . . . As soon as others begin to frequent it also, again he flies.27 — Andrew Coe

He tugs on my hair. "You want to me to fuck you, inocencia?"
"Do you want to fuck me, pirate?"
"You fuckin' know I do. — Bella Jewel

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure. — Pauly Shore

Not the zeal alone of those who seek Him proves God, but the blindness of those who seek Him not. — Blaise Pascal

Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you. — Tess Gerritsen

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. — Colette

When people ask me if I'm liberal or conservative, I say, 'Yeah.' I'm both of them. To be a liberal means to be open-minded and generous and open to new ideas. And to be conservative means to hold onto things that are important, things that shouldn't be cast aside. — Adam Hamilton