Contemplative Quote by Kyle Parton

In spiritual growth, it is important to avoid imbalances between academic or intellectual learning and practical implementation. Otherwise there is a danger that too…

— Dalai Lama

“Samatha meditation is a theologically neutral spiritual practice. No devotion to a deity, guru, or dogma is needed to see remarkable results.”

— Kyle Parton

The point of the overall meditative path is to have Wakefulness (or Consciousness as Such) transcend and include all state-realms, so it ceases to…

— Ken Wilber

It doesn't entirely make sense that if 51 senators are from one party, and they can stick together, they can do whatever they want.…

— Gene Weingarten

Fighting gerrymandering is one thing. The other thing is insuring we have the right candidates for the people and not the right candidates for…

— Ilhan Omar

“We have already described the gatherings of the popular comitia; but that clumsy assembly in sheep pens does not convey the full extent to…

— H.G. Wells

“Gerrymandering isn’t just a recent phenomenon, though; the word was coined in 1812 when Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry went to such egregious lengths to…

— Dan Rather

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

— Barack Obama

Since 2000, Republican policies have suppressed Democratic voting; since 2010, Republican gerrymandering has given the Republicans a heavy systematic advantage in Congress; and the…

— Heather Cox Richardson

“She was from the wrong side of the tracks no matter how you gerrymandered the town.”

— James Lileks

California is among several states that already have fought their way out from under partisan gerrymandering by taking line-drawing authority away from the Legislature.

— Eric Swalwell

“Yes, the elections aren't free and fair. Yes, the 'first past the post' system, coupled with delineation of constituencies and gerrymandering, is a problem.”

— Brian Yap