Spadea Patterns Quotes & Sayings

Whether or not the historical Buddha actually suffered from the kind of primitive agonies Winnicott expounded upon, the meditations he taught in the aftermath of his awakening "hold" the mind just as Winnicott described a mother "holding" an infant. In making the observational posture of mindfulness central to his technique, the Buddha established another version of "an auxiliary ego-function" in the psyches of his followers, one that enabled them, to go back to his metaphor of pulling out an arrow, to tend to their own wounds with both their minds and their hearts. Far from eliminating the ego, as I naively believed I should when I first began to practice meditation, the Buddha encouraged a strengthening of the ego so that it could learn to hold primitive agonies without collapse. — Mark Epstein

The first day i shot dope
was on a sunday.
i had just come
home from church
got mad at my mother
cuz she got mad at me. u dig? — Sonia Sanchez

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended. — Sean Covey

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. — George Savile

Liam really enjoyed a good movie. He found it restful to watch people's conversations without being expected to join in. But he always felt sort of lonesome if he didn't have someone next to him to nudge in the ribs at the good parts. — Anne Tyler

Mankind has two immense problems, they forget to use logic and begin at the root of each trouble. — K.R. Royal

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it. — Ernesto Che Guevara

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me. — Barry Zito

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes. — Helen Dunmore

I used to think I had to act a certain way to follow God, but now I know God doesn't want us to be typical. — Bob Goff

We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust. — Mick Farren

The drive toward economic nationalism is only part of the general revival of nationalism. — Arthur Henderson

From time to time. You do not count your steps any more. For the simple reason they number each day the same. Average day in day out the same. The way being always the same. You keep count of the days and every tenth night multiply. And add. Your father's shade is not with you any more. It fell out long ago. You do not feel your footfalls any more. Unhearing unseeing you go your way. Day after day. The same way. As if there were no other any more. For you there is no other any more. You used never to halt except to make your reckoning. So as to plod from nought anew. This need removed as we have seen there is none in theory to halt any more. Save perhaps a moment at the outermost point. To gather yourself together for the return. And yet you do. As never before. — Samuel Beckett

I know of few families today that aren't touched to some extent by the heartache of divorce, including our own. — Billy Graham

It was the ultimate celestial orgasm and I felt like a cup overflowing with plenty. The pulse of God moving through me brought such intense pleasure that I felt I might burst like the ripest berry in the sun. — Linda Cull