“It was some of Solomons favorite music because it was dense and intellectually complicated and he wasnt expected to dance to it.”

“The grass is always greener on the other side of personal extinction.”

“On Mars, the joke went, a mans hole was his castle where values of castle approached dorm room.”

“Intellectually he knows that the blood is being pressed to the back of his body, pooling in the back part of his cerebellum and flooding his kidneys. He hasnt done enough medical work to know what ...”

“He almost blacks out again, but hes not sure if its the stroke or the thrust gravity. Hes pretty sure driving blood pressure higher while having a stroke is considered poor form.”

“Merely by doing darshan of just one kashay free person, ones paap (sins; demerit karmas) get washed away! There can be no kashay-free person other than a Gnani.”

“Lasting harmony between the sexes cannot be achieved through social, psychological, or political reform alone...they are not sufficient in themselves because gender reconciliation entails an inhere...”

“Peace is not just the absence of conflict; peace is the creation of an environment where all can flourish regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, class, caste or any other social marker...”

“Mindfulness may help you gain insight into your role in conflicts with others, it wont single-highhandedly help you resolve them.”

“Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is *not* the hallmark of a good relationship. On the contrary, it is a symptom of serious pr...”

“So by keeping her word, Frieda B. made amends. And the two who'd been strangers became best of friends.”

“Ive been fighting to be who I am all my life. Whats the point of being who I am, if I cant have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“We got a fightin' side a mile wide, but we pray for peace 'cause it's mostly us that end up servin' overseas.”