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quotes that stick

“you can be a victim of success, but you can never be a victim of your own true contentment”
- brother phapp hu quoting thich nhat hanh


“when we are quiet, in truth we realize that actually there is nothing mundane in the world. and that it’s only our judgmental perceptions that decide 'that is beautiful' or 'that is ugly'”
- jo confino via the way out is in podcast


“the practice of buddhism is to be more human everyday”
- brother phapp hu


“if we place more emphasis on internal inductive effects of magical ritual, the gap between premodern irrationality and modern rationality is significantly narrowed” (really cool anthropological video about how baseball players frequently practice rituals which provide a sense of control in the sport)
- dr andrew mark henry via religion for breakfast youtube channel