Bita Enayati > Bita's Quotes

“What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something.”
― Kentetsu Takamori, Unlocking Tannisho: Shinran's Words on the Pure Land

“Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.”
― Kentetsu Takamori

“Since living is believing, no one can be completely lacking in faith.”
― Kentetsu Takamori, Unlocking Tannisho: Shinran's Words on the Pure Land

“Many Buddhist temple priests regard their parishioners as possessions and fear their departure as a diminishing of assets.”
― Kentetsu Takamori

“Some nonreligious people are disgruntled by the word "faith," feeling that it has no connection to them. But we all have faith. Broadly speaking, "faith" does not apply only to belief in the supernatural. We have faith in our life, for example, believing we will live to see tomorrow, or in our health, believing we have years of healthy life ahead of us. Husbands and wives, parents and children have faith in one another.”
― Kentetsu Takamori, Unlocking Tannisho: Shinran's Words on the Pure Land

“You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down”
― Charlie Chaplin

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself”
― Charlie Chaplin

“You'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Imagination means nothing without doing.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Like everyone else I am what I am: an individual, unique and different, with a lineal history of ancestral promptings and urgings; a history of dreams, desires, and of special experiences, all of which I am the sum total.”
― Charlie Chaplin, My Autobiography

“My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh.
But my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”
―Charles Chaplin”
― Charles Chaplin

“More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness”
― Charlie Chaplin

“You need Power,
only when you want
to do something harmful
otherwise
Love is enough to get everything done.”
― Charlie Chaplin

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”
― Victor Hugo

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
― Victor Hugo

“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
― Victor Hugo

“Those who do not weep, do not see.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“People do not lack strength, they lack will.”
― Victor Hugo

“He who opens a school door, closes a prison.”
― Victor Hugo

“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Best cure for depression? Watch Indian movies. They will make you laugh, cry, keep you wondering how silly humans can be while being captivated by the wild range of colors used in fabrics and on buildings.”
― Kambiz Mostofizadeh

“This has been a record breaking month for book sales for Mikazuki Publishing House. The moon can only stay hidden behind the cloud for so long. Eventually the cloud moves away and the moon can light up the darkness with its magnificence.”
― Kambiz Mostofizadeh

“Knowing life's purpose would invest everything one did with meaning.”
― Kentetsu Takamori, You Were Born for a Reason: The Real Purpose of Life

“Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.”
― Kentetsu Takamori, Something You Forgot...Along the Way: Stories of Wisdom and Learning