Sharon Salzberg Quotes

What is important is not getting intoxicated with a good feeling or getting intoxicated even with an insight. These take many forms in our practice. We go through times of great release, where there has been physical holding for what feels like forever, and something opens up and releases.

Sharon Salzberg

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GoodGreatPracticeFeelingGoUp

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.

Joe Lhota

FriendshipFearGreatTimeTogether

Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

Amy Jackson

LearningChallengeLanguageWearHow

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Ambrose Bierce

TemptationPersonWeakPleasureWho

I don't mind children cribbing answers off other children. It's one of the ways they can learn. I also don't think there should be too many constraints on what they can look at on the Internet.

Sugata Mitra

ChildrenMindThinkInternetLearn

People think because you're private, you have something you don't want them to know.

Tom T. Hall

PeopleThinkYouKnowWantBecause

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside.

Rula Ghani

FamilyHomeWomenStrongAppreciate

Messrs. Washington and Lincoln would be appalled and saddened by what their successor, President Obama, and the modern Democratic Party are doing to the nation they dedicated their lives to keep alive.

Monica Crowley

DoingPartyAliveWashingtonNation

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does.

Joseph Kanon

New YorkGraduationLiteratureBack

Everything we've been taught about health, weight loss and aging is wrong.

Jorge Cruise

HealthAgingLossWrongWeight Loss

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.

Corrie Ten Boom

TrustYouDarkTrainJumpTunnel

In my hometown of New Orleans, grief is a public spectacle that, somewhat paradoxically, necessitates celebration. The dead are not mourned so much as they are posthumously venerated with music and dance.

Clint Smith

MusicGriefDanceHometownNewDead

In the world of maternal health, cell phone technology is being used to provide prenatal care, linking pregnant women to health care providers when they can't otherwise reach healthcare facilities.

Christy Turlington

WomenTechnologyHealthCell Phone

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