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“The important thing is allowing the whole world to wake up. Part of allowing the whole world to wake up is recognizing that the whole world is free—everybody is free to be as they are. Until the whole world is free to agree with you or disagree with you, until you have given the freedom to everyone to like you or not like you, to love you or hate you, to see things as you see them or to see things differently—until you have given the whole world its freedom—you'll never have your freedom.” Adyashanti.

“When someone tells you, “I love you,” and then you feel, “Oh, I must be worthy after all,” that’s an illusion. That’s not true. Or someone says, “I hate you,” and you think, “Oh, God, I knew it; I’m not very worthy,” that’s not true either. Neither one of these thoughts hold any intrinsic reality. They are an overlay. When someone says, “I love you,” he is telling you about himself, not you. When someone says, “I hate you,” she is telling you about herself, not you. World views are self views—literally” Adyashanti.

Most of the trouble in the world has been caused by ten to twenty percent of folks who can't simply mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, anymore than a smallpox virus. William.S.Burroughs

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H.L. Mencken

"Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful or evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with a open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognise it as such". Henry Miller