Stamberger Outreach Quotes & Sayings

The war imbued my tin soldiers with quite a new interest. It was impossible to have boxes enough of them. — Georg Brandes

What is meditative absorption? What is leaving the body? What is fasting? What is holding the breath? These are a flight from the ego, a brief escape from the torment of being an ego, a short-term deadening of the pain and absurdity of life. This same escape, this same momentary deadening, is achieved by the ox driver in an inn when he drinks a bowl of rice wine or fermented coconut milk. Then he no longer feels his self, then he no longer feels the pains of life - he achieves momentary numbness. Falling asleep over his bowl of rice wine, he reaches the same result Siddhartha and Govinda reach when, through long practice sessions, they escape their bodies and dwell in nonego. That is the way it is, Govinda." Govinda — Hermann Hesse

History is a novel which did take place; a novel is history that could take place. — Jules De Goncourt

My map app shows that I have walked 2.3 miles. — Stephen Odaire

Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself. — Baal Shem Tov

Oh, sure. What's this supposed to teach me?"
"Is it what the teacher teaches? Or what the students learns?"
"What's the difference?"
"That is, itself, a question worth considering, yes?"
-Jacen & Vergere — Matthew Woodring Stover

True music begins when the song of your soul finds its tune and the emotions of your heart find their voices. — Debasish Mridha

I often wish that folks would use Twitter for something more than sharing quotes — Steve Tanner