“I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.”
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“However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them; However inexhaustible the passions are, I vow to extinguish them; However immeasurable the Dharmas are, I vow to study them; However incomparable the Buddha-truth is, I vow to attain it.”
― Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk
― Training of the Zen Buddhist Monk
“Imagine the day after the Berlin Wall came down if everybody in East Germany was plump and comfortable-looking and dressed in Caribbean pastels, and you’ll have a pretty good idea what the Fort Lauderdale Airport terminal looks like today.”
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: An Essay
― A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: An Essay
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