“Do you know, by the way, that German is the only language in the world that has a word for ‘pleasure derived from the misfortune of others’? Schadenfreude.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it; or because it is in your traditions; or because many speak about it;… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Some people are straightforward. What you see is indeed what you get. Their words have no subtext and their hearts are open. Such individuals… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Some of the streets are, however, genuinely narrow. These same streets may not be filled with machine-gun fire and the dramatic screech of violins,… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Time can move quickly when it loses its memory, or when there are no new memories to create. Reality’s vulture flies down and picks… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I come across as superficial. Of this I am aware. However, you may be confident that inside my head I am forever plumbing… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“My job is to assist you in finding the answer that is right for you. Not the answer that would be right for me.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Desire is a chameleon. He blends into the brickwork and the rocks of those lanes and pathways down which we walk. He lurks like… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Everyone burns, as the Buddha says, in their own way. Some burn with anger, some with lust, some with a desire for vengeance, some… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“I would be a fully-paid-up member of the 'I Hate Paperwork Club' if I could summon the enthusiasm to fill in the application form.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Our children form a large part of our Immortality Project. This is one of the reasons a child’s death cuts so deep; some of… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Karma means ‘action’. Like many, you misunderstand its nature. Past misdeeds can be corrected before your karma ripens: it is not some pre-determined fate.… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“The American educational psychologist Patricia Alexander has expressed the view that fear paralyses and curiosity empowers. Accordingly, she reasons, we should always be more… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“I wonder briefly whether a schizophrenic Buddhist would be At Two with the universe.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
“Time. So much of our human experience is bound up in time, I muse. It reflects in our everyday colloquialisms, and drives so much… — John Dolan Copy Share Image
