[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a scalpel for excising the tumor of metaphysical belief. (130)


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Advertising - A judicious mixture of flattery and threats.
STEPHEN LEACOCK
And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Language is my whore, my mistress, my wife, my pen-friend, my check-out girl. Language is a complime...
STEPHEN FRY
It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame ...
STEPHEN FRY
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
STEPHEN KING
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives...
STEPHEN HAWKING
And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.
STEPHEN KING
If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that...
STEPHEN COLBERT
Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change ...
STEPHEN KENDRICK
Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we h...
STEPHEN KENDRICK
I think Eros should be dirty. In Greek legend, as I'm sure you are aware, he fell in love with the m...
STEPHEN FRY
When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and ye...
STEPHEN KING
Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the e...
STEPHEN KING
The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.
STEPHEN RICHARDS
I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or ju...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the...
STEPHEN COVEY
Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that...
STEPHEN KING
And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have be...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY
We humans are naturally disposed to worship gods and heroes, to build our pantheons and valhallas. I...
STEPHEN FRY
The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It ...
STEPHEN HAWKING
Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they d...
STEPHEN KING
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
STEPHEN HUNT
The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.
STEPHEN RICHARDS
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
STEPHEN KING
The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because wo...
STEPHEN KING
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
STEPHEN KING
If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
STEPHEN KING
Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too swe...
STEPHEN KING
He watched the young actress playing the central part of a wife who mistakenly believes her husband ...
STEPHEN HARRIGAN
[Prison Break is] one of the craziest, most unpredictable roller-coaster rides on TV today.
STEPHEN KING
It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go...
STEPHEN KING
On Friday night, I was reading my new book, but my brain got tired, so I decided to watch some telev...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY