He who has not experienced death

Is like an inexperienced father.

He who has not come to life after death

Is like a man suddenly struck dumb.

He who has never been wise

Is like a youth who has never been beautiful.

The stupid man who becomes wise

Is like a beggar who becomes king.

The dog who becomes master

Is like the victor in the revolution.

The master who becomes a dog

Is like a man who has awakened from a pleasant dream.

Meeting an old friend

Is like reading your own autobiography.

Finding a new friend

Is like composing music.

Chogyam writing a poem

is like a king inspecting his soldiers.

- Chogyam Trungpa

“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.”

- Carlos Castaneda.

"The World is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real, because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round, and it has thrills and chills and is very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun, for a while."

- Bill Hicks.

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