From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
-Gautama Buddha
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
-James Bovard
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
-Cyril Connolly
Nature has not bestowed any such power to a human being that allows him to
give permanent happiness to anyone. For that, a person has to work hard and
put in efforts himself.
-Deep Trivedi
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
-Anna Quindlen
A living body is not merely an integration of limbs and flesh but it is the abode of the soul which potentially has perfect perception, perfect knowledge, perfect power, and perfect bliss…Have compassion towards all living beings. Hatred leads to destruction. Respect for all living beings is non-violence…
He who nurtures benevolence for all creatures with in his heart overcomes all difficulties and will be the recipient of all types of riches at every step.
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.