George Saunders Quotes About Habits

Quotes about: Habits

• The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim.

  George Saunders

  Writing, People, Sloth

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December”, p.21, A&C Black

• In the Buddhist texts, some of them say, when you die, basically that wild horse gets cut loose, and the mind is incredibly powerful and expansive, omniscient and can go anywhere and see anything, but - and this is the catch - it's colored by the habits of thought we made in life.

  George Saunders

  Buddhist, Horse, Powerful

  Interview with Jenny Shank, www.patheos.com. March 6, 2017.

• My view is that our minds are incredibly powerful animals that are, during life, kept somewhat in check by the load of our bodies. Once that load is gone (or so some ancient texts teach us) the mind is like a horse off the tether. So the habits we get into here might have something to do with what happens to us afterwards. An exciting but harrowing idea, given the everyday state of my mind. But also hopeful, since that's something a person can work with.

  George Saunders

  Horse, Powerful, Animal

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

• I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness, tolerance, humour, et cetera. The current Trump administration seems to thrive on trying to enforce a very odd, fearful agenda, that it tries to disguise in a false garment of fondness for the working-class - despite the fact that its policies seem designed to continue the decades-long habit of marginalizing that group.

  George Saunders

  Kindness, Thinking, Class

  Source: www.macleans.ca

• My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

  George Saunders

  Dark, People, Age

• The one thing about A Christmas Carol that always bothers me is that Cratchit is so sweet and perfect. He's like an Ivy League kid who just is labeled "poor." He doesn't have any bad habits. He's never cranky with his kids.

  George Saunders

  Sweet, Kids, Ivy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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