Bodhidharma Quotes

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

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• It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Mean
  • Better
  • Express

• My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Black
  • Dad
  • Amazing

• I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Thinking
  • College
  • Smart

• I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.

  

  Victoria Wood
  • Know
  • Car
  • Everyone

• What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.

  

  Sally Rand
  • Heaven
  • Name
  • Grandmother

• I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • College
  • King
  • Students

• Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'

  

  Parker Palmer
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• If people who cherish freedom, who know the importance of mutual respect and are aware of the imperative necessity to establish a constructive and critical debate, if these people are not ready to speak out, to be more committed and visible, then we can expect sad, painful tomorrows. The choice is ours.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Respect

• My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Good
  • Why
  • Mom

• You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Way
  • Growing
  • Fight

• Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.

  

  Ralph Adams Cram
  • History
  • Science
  • Education

• I love my sleep.

  

  Caprice Bourret
  • Love
  • Sleep
  • I Love

• By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.

  

  Adam Grant
  • You
  • Know
  • Improvement

• I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Like
  • Famous
  • Two

• The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.

  

  Ilya Ilyin
  • People
  • Energy
  • Unique

• I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Always
  • Very
  • Broke

• The Lord discovered to me a sense of my unbelief that, though late, I should remember my transgressions and that I should be converted with my whole heart to the Lord my God.

  

  Saint Patrick
  • God
  • Heart
  • Remember

• I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'

  

  Nate Parker
  • Movies
  • Now
  • Message

• “Telling stories about your memory of what happened may be entertaining for a while, but if that is all you can do it gets boring pretty fast.”

  

  Brad Blanton
  • Stories
  • Memory

• My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable.

  

  Leila Slimani
  • Parents
  • Freedom

• What makes Reddit special is that people feel free to express themselves. Where we want to draw the line is where that feeling of being able to express oneself freely starts to infringe on someone feeling like they can express themselves.

  

  Alexis Ohanian
  • People
  • Free
  • Feeling

• I will greet this day with love in my heart. For this is the greatest secret of success in all ventures. Muscles can split a shield and even destroy life itself but only the unseen power of love can open the hearts of man.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Life
  • Men
  • Heart

• I love really exploring... you know, a cop drama for example is a great way to explore class in this country and explore, you know, really, identity in the country and who we are in a way that is extremely exciting, but it's also real, you know, it's also real people and real drama. The same with the military. I mean, a good science fiction story is also great.

  

  Ethan Hawke
  • Military
  • Drama
  • Explore

• And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

  

  Bodhidharma
  • Free
  • Buddha