Seddik Hasan Quotes & Sayings

Discussions about the ethics of suicide are immediately biased by the verb that customarily attaches to it in English. One "commits" suicide. Because this presupposes the wrongfulness of the suicide, I avoid that verb, opting instead for "carry out" suicide. This is evaluatively neutral, avoiding both the usual bias against suicide and the unusual bias in favor of it that the verb "achieve" would effect. "Carry out" is preferable to "practice", which implies something ongoing. Finally, "carry out" also implies a suicide that is completed rather than merely attempted. — David Benatar

I wouldn't go to yoga with you because I'm not bendy, not because I'm not spiritual. — Christopher Moore

Improvisation is the expression of the accumulated yearnings, dreams, and wisdom of the soul. — Yehudi Menuhin

Indigo, the deep blue contains an abundance of sapphires shining their light through the density, awakening and stirring our consciousness. In the daylight the sea will change, but for now it remains mysterious, obtainable through our imagination. — Jennifer Lynch

In Hinayana Buddhism, practice is classified in four ways. The best way is just to do it without having any joy in it, not even spiritual joy. This way is just to do it, forgetting your physical and mental feeling, forgetting all about yourself in your practice. — Shunryu Suzuki

I am an American, steeped in American values. But I know on an emotional level what it means to be of the Chinese culture. — Amy Tan