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"I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger."
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"Close your eyes to feel deeply the tranquility and serenity of the mind."
"When problems beat upon you like a raging storm, search for the eye. You might not be able to avoid misfortunes, but you can find the calmest spot within them."
"There is a simple path to follow, that appears only when you calm your mind."
"By choosing to have a calm response to what seems negative you bring clarity and balance to your message."
"I don't do hurry I don't do worry."
"When you commune with your ever-present inner calm, you are released from the madness and pain of all outer turmoil."
"Knowing when you should weigh up your options, remain calm and not take everything at face value has certain benefitsEnding the day with with a peaceful soul is one..."
"Equanimity can be hard to talk about."
"I should not mistake her calm probing for the absence of anger."
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"The pursuit of knowing was freedom to me, the right to declare your own curiosities and follow them through all manner of books. I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library was open, unending, free. Slowly, I was discovering myself."
"My mother and father were always pushing me away from secondhand answers-even the answers they themselves believed. I don't know that I have ever found any satisfactory answers of my own. But every time I ask it, the question is refined. That is the best of what the old heads meant when they spoke of being 'politically conscious-as much a series of actions as a state of being, a constant questioning, questioning as ritual, questioning as exploration rather than the search for certainty."
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"I was made for the library, not the classroom. The classroom was a jail of other people's interests. The library is open, unending, free."
"Dad had turned conservative, but not in the way of the demonologists who sold us out for tenure and crumbs. More like a man who spurns the false talk of revolution for the humbler mission of resurrecting one soul at a time."
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