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“We have the assurance of the enlightened beings that reality is goodness, that reality is freedom from suffering, that reality is bliss. So we should never fear to open ourselves to reality, to cast aside our preconceptions and biases, and to open more and more to whatever turns out to be real. You can have faith in enlightenment, faith in evolutionary potential, faith in infinity, faith in your infinite self. (p. 222)”
― Robert A.F. Thurman, The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism

“When you tolerate disrespectful people you disrespect yourself.”
― Wayne Gerard Trotman

“The Messenger said, "The human heart is the House of the All-Merciful." (p. 249)”
― Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Mingled Waters : Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions

“The moment you choose to become like someone else however great or holy, you have prostituted your being.”
― Anthony de Mello, The Way to Love: Meditations for Life