“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
“Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise.”
Ram Dass (1931–2019) American contemporary spiritual teacher and the author of the 1971 book Be Here Now
Paul Graham (1964) English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
“There was no light at the end of the tunnel--or if there was, it was an oncoming train.”
Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
Variant: He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.
Source: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
“Sex role training becomes divorce training.”
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Why Men Are the Way They Are (1988), p. 136.
Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) austrian biologist and philosopher
General System Theory (1968), 4. Advances in General Systems Theory
“If a train doesn't stop at your station, then it's not your train.”
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
“Love, our subject:
we've trained it like ivy to our walls.”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist