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Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
- Socrates
To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
- A Spiritual Leader
The childishness of a human being is; on one hand, he is competing to take
credit for success, on the other hand, he is always seeking out an opportunity to
blame someone else for his failure. Consequently, he is never able to analyze
any event accurately.
- Deep Trivedi
If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.
- Tsunetomo Yamamoto
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
- Sacha Guitry
By this attitude of complete renunciation you shall be freed from bondage, good and bad, of karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me.
- Srimad Bhagavad Gita
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