“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it; or because it is in your traditions; or because many speak… — John Dolan Habits 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.… — John Dolan Endangered species 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… — John Dolan Betrayal 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… — John Dolan Life 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… — John Dolan Humor 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… — John Dolan Counselling 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… — John Dolan Desire 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… — John Dolan Buddhism 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… — 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;… — John Dolan Children 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… — John Dolan Buddhism 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… — John Dolan Philosophy Copy Share Image
“I wonder briefly whether a schizophrenic Buddhist would be At Two with the universe.” — John Dolan Buddhism 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… — John Dolan Human experience Copy Share Image
“Do you know, by the way, that German is the only language in the world that has a word for ‘pleasure derived… — John Dolan Language Copy Share Image
“The subconscious mind, like the Good Lord, can work in a mysterious way, and mine has been known to work in a… — John Dolan Conscious mind Copy Share Image
“I waited for the Earth to stop spinning, for the rift to open and swallow us. Yet the ash tree remained framed… — John Dolan Death and dying Copy Share Image
“Despite the perturbations of the world, life goes on. The sky presents an endless canopy of translucent blue. The still air is… — John Dolan Life Copy Share Image
“I took the plug out of the chemical bath of lust that my wits were soaking in and waited for it to… — John Dolan Lust Copy Share Image
“And when the weariness comes and the nights are sleepless, we will tell each other stories of heroism and hope. We will… — John Dolan Final destination Copy Share Image
“How often – I continue reflecting – is it that we see what we want to see, rather than what is really… — John Dolan Psychology Copy Share Image
“The spirits of the dead are all around us, but it is we, the living, that are the true hungry ghosts.” — John Dolan Life Copy Share Image
“I love Samui in the wee small hours. I especially love it on nights like this when the white moon stares down… — John Dolan Poetry Copy Share Image
“As someone once said, SINCERITY is the single most important human characteristic. So once you can fake THAT, you're made.” — John Dolan Copy Share Image
