“After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be!”
“We don't have to take our personality so personally.”
“If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own.”
“A belief in reincarnation would at least give us some slack; we would have many lifetimes to get it right.”
“... the forces of power, particularly corporate power, are impatient with what is adequate for a coherent community. Because power gains so little from community in the short run, it does not hesitate to destroy community for the long run.”
“But what all these responses have in common is that they point to the decisive power of information and stories [...]”