“Do not permit the events of your daily lives to bind you, but never withdraw yourselves from them. Only by acting thus can you earn the title of 'A Liberated One'.”
― The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
― The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?”
― Winnie-the-Pooh
― Winnie-the-Pooh
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
― The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama
― The Dalai Lama: A Policy of Kindness: An Anthology of Writings By and About the Dalai Lama
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