By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
-Dhammapada
By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.
-Kin Hubbard
Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.
-Benjamin Franklin
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with the heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
-Rumi
The amount of "freedom" with which you are living your life, can be determined
by the extent to which you have to suppress your desires under the pressure
from others.
-Deep Trivedi
Common people pray for rain, healthy children and a summer that never ends. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace.
If you want to understand the teachings of Buddha, Krishna, Jesus or any great
philosopher, you will have to learn to differentiate and dissect their sayings
in two parts, one, 'eternal truth' and second, 'the truth relevant at that time'.
Without distinguishing the two, you will invariably end up misunderstanding their
sayings.
-Deep Trivedi