Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
-Confucius
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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
-Cato The Elder
If you want to leave the world better than you found it, then use your heart of compassion and your life of concern.
-Sri Chinmoy
Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.
-Jules Verne
You should discover your own reality and not thwart yourself. For you have the self as your only friend, or as your only enemy.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita
I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
-Louis Sachar
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Jane Austen
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
