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How important are quotes

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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

~ Sir Winston Churchill, 

 

 

Considering decreasing attention spans these days, as well as low literacy levels around the world, quotes can be a major resource for educators and educational purposes, imho. 


Self-awareness is yoga. - Nisargadatta

Awareness is the great non-conceptual perfection. - Dzogchen

Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness. - Eckhart Tolle

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"Don't ask if you don't want to know." -Some Asshole.

Edited by Ajax

What you resist, persists and less of you exists. There is a part of you that never leaves. You are not in; you have never been. You know. You put it there and time stretches. 

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  On 7/3/2023 at 6:05 PM, Ajax said:

"Don't ask if you don't want to know." -Some Asshole.

''You can also ask an asshole if you don't want to know" - Princess Arabia.

Edited by Princess Arabia

What you know leaves what you don't know and what you don't know is all there is. 

 

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What you resist, persists and less of you exists. There is a part of you that never leaves. You are not in; you have never been. You know. You put it there and time stretches. 

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"If you got some fruit to share with me.... Just give me the damn fruit... Not all the shit that comes with it. " -S.A.


What you resist, persists and less of you exists. There is a part of you that never leaves. You are not in; you have never been. You know. You put it there and time stretches. 

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