“The rain could turn to gold and still your thirst would not be slaked. Desire is unquenchable or it ends in tears, even in heaven.”
― The Dhammapada
― The Dhammapada
“A person of little knowledge
Grows old as a plough-ox grows old.
His fleshes increases;
His wisdom does not increase.”
― The Dhammapada
Grows old as a plough-ox grows old.
His fleshes increases;
His wisdom does not increase.”
― The Dhammapada
“Don't give yourself to negligence,
Don't devote yourself to sensual pleasure,
Vigilant and absorbed in meditation
One attains abundant happiness.”
― The Dhammapada
Don't devote yourself to sensual pleasure,
Vigilant and absorbed in meditation
One attains abundant happiness.”
― The Dhammapada
“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.”
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
― Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
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