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I thank God for my handicap, for through them I have found myself, my work and my God.
- Helen Keller
When your sense of self is no longer tied to thought, is no longer conceptual, there is a depth of feeling, of sensing, of compassion, of loving, that was not there when you were trapped in mental concepts. You are that depth.
- Eckhart Tolle
A liar lies to himself as well as to the gods. Lying is the origin of all evils; it leads to rebirth in the miserable planes of existence, to breach of the pure precepts, and to corruption of the body.
- Maharatnakuta Sutra 27
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
- Ambrose Bierce
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
- H. P. Lovecraft
There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering.
- Antonio Porchia
The bible tells us to love our neighbours and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
- G. K. Chesterton
'Fear' and 'greed' are two sides of the same coin. If you manage to save yourself
from one...you will automatically be freed from the other.
- Deep Trivedi
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
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