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Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free.
- Jonathan Hennessey
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
Chant the name of God with heartfelt devotion. Everything else is just a pompous worldly show.
- Sri Guru Granth Sahib
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and live.
- Sylvia Plath
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S. Truman
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
- Alexander Pope
To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties. It is out of hard and ceaseless struggle alone that one derives strength, confidence and recognition.
- B. R. Ambedkar
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