10 quotes found
“I hope you know that you've given me the courage to change. I hope you know that who you are is who you choose to be, and that whispers behind your back don't define you. You are the only one who g...”
“Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, historians have become both more accurate and more honestfractionally more brave, one might sayabout that 'other' cleansing of the regions and peoples tha...”
“Poppe, once a leading figure at a scientific research institute, found a job as a swimming pool attendant”
“But karma is not in fact a material accumulation, and does not depend on externals; rather its power to condition us depends on the obstacles that impede our knowledge. If we compare our karma and ...”
“To produce a primary [karmic] cause which is potentially capable of having an effect, three things are necessary: intention, the actual action, and then satisfaction.”
“The light of the sun is the manifestation of the clarity of the sky; and the sky is the basic condition necessary for the manifestation of the sun's light. So, too, in the sky two, three, four, or ...”
“Enlightenment, or Nirvana, is nothing other than the state beyond all obstacles, in the same way that from the peak of a very high mountain one always sees the sun. Nirvana is not a paradise or som...”
“Maybe you lost someone you never expected you would lose. Maybe you lost yourself. Thats even worse. When you have bad days that just wont let up, I just hope that you will look in the mirror and r...”
“Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving the body 'uncontrolled' is spoken of, ...”
“There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is all.”