Quotes and That

May 29

“Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner, believer or non-believer, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.” Dalai Lama

May 28

“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

May 25

“It is not man but his method of thought which fails to find fulfilment in experience.” Alan Watts

May 24

“If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.” Native American Saying

May 21

“Are you or aren’t you convinced that weakness is a man’s condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven’t fallen first?” Cesare Pavese

May 20

“Every great achievement was once considered impossible.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

May 19

“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.” Rabindranath Tagore

May 17

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” Marie Curie

May 15

“Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” Mark Twain

May 14

“It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is has to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.” Shunryu Suzuki