“Attachment,” Buddha had said, “is the cause of grief.”
― The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea
― The Living Reed: A Novel of Korea
“There are in this world blessed souls, whose sorrows all spring up into joys for others; whose earthly hopes, laid in the grave with many tears, are the seed from which spring healing flowers and balm for the desolate and the distressed.”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“It's sad and sickening that a diseases & natural disaster is less discriminating, racist, egotistical and evil than humanity.
at least their plight doesn't depends upon your religion, cast or the party you are associated with.
they just get you and kill you.”
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at least their plight doesn't depends upon your religion, cast or the party you are associated with.
they just get you and kill you.”
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“Oh sky, without me, do not change,
Oh moon, without me, do not shine;
Oh earth, without me, do not grow,
Oh time, without me, do not go.
...Oh, you cannot go, without me.”
― Love: The Joy That Wounds: The Love Poems of Rumi
Oh moon, without me, do not shine;
Oh earth, without me, do not grow,
Oh time, without me, do not go.
...Oh, you cannot go, without me.”
― Love: The Joy That Wounds: The Love Poems of Rumi
“I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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