“To say that, on the one hand, God is infinitely good, perfectly just, and inexhaustibly loving, and that, on the other, he has created a world under such terms as oblige him either to impose, or to permit the imposition of, eternal misery on finite rational beings, is simply to embrace a complete contradiction.”
― That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
― That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”
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“Mudita is the principle of taking sympathetic or unselfish joy in the good fortune of others. If I only find joy in my own successes, I’m limiting my joy. But if I can take pleasure in the successes of my friends and family—ten, twenty, fifty people!—I get to experience fifty times the happiness and joy. Who doesn’t want that?”
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
“When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.”
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
“In 1902, the sociologist Charles Horton Cooley wrote: “I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.”
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
― Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Everyday
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