I heard Zen teacher one time talking about abortion, and he was saying the way that abortion makes bad karma is any time the person involved pretends that there's not a cost to the choice, one way or the other; whether you get it or don't get it, there's a cost. That's just basic responsibility, to admit that there's a cost. And the bad karma is when you pretend that the thing is free.
George SaundersThere's this de facto assumption that for something to have value, it has to be economically self-supporting - which imposes a very low ceiling on a culture.
George SaundersDeveloping our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.
George SaundersThere comes that phase in life when, tired of losing, you decide to stop losing, then continue losing. Then you decide to really stop losing, and continue losing. The losing goes on and on so long you begin to watch with curiosity, wondering how low you can go.
George Saunders