Milarepa Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs.
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You can never find the right bowling ball. This one's too heavy. This one's good but its pink!
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A vow must lead one upwards, never downwards towards perdition.
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What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?
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We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies.
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Most people quit because they look how far they have to go, not how far they have come.
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In order to perfect your craft, you've gotta go hard, you've gotta go overtime.
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..there was a certain comfort in surrender.
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If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr.
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My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.
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I will never retire unless I have to.
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Top people have very clear goals. They know who they are and they know what they want. They write it down and they make plans for its accomplishment.
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Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.
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The aim of education must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.
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I hope that Beyond the Robe helps you to feel closer to the monks and nuns and to better understand their immense potential to provide leadership in their world and further insight into ours. Instead of simply admiring them from afar, let's all get close enough to really listen.
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Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.
