Gladys Cox

“We usually appreciate only half the cycle of impermanence. We can accept birth but not death, gain but not loss, or the end of exams but not the beginning. True liberation comes from appreciating the whole cycle and not grasping onto those things we find agreeable.”
― Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, What Makes You Not a Buddhist

“Shine your light and make a positive impact on the world; there is nothing so honorable as helping improve the lives of others.”
― Roy T. Bennett

“One is a Buddhist if he or she accepts the following four truths: All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain. All things have no inherent existence. Nirvana is beyond concepts.”
― Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, What Makes You Not a Buddhist

“Fearlessness is generated when you can appreciate uncertainty, when you have faith in the impossibility of these interconnected components remaining static and permanent. You will find yourself, in a very true sense, preparing for the worst while allowing for the best....By knowing that something is lying in wait for you just around the bend, by accepting that countless potentialities exist from this moment forward, you acquire the skill of pervasive awareness and foresight like that of a gifted general, not paranoid but prepared.”
― Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, What Makes You Not a Buddhist