Bhikkhu Bodhi Quotes
Like a lake unruffled by any breeze, the concentrated mind is a faithful reflector that mirrors whatever is placed before it exactly as it is.
Quotes to Explore
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Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
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I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all-seeing Eye.
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It's all right to pull the cow out of the mud on Sunday, provided that you don't push him in on Saturday night.
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This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.
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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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I've played [Scrabble] tournaments for about 20 years. My daughter, Erin, who lives with me, also travels to tournaments. While I'm not a top division player, I've won a number of tournaments.
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The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.
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Regarding the debate about faith and works: It's like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important.
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When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about the liberation of his true covenant people, the true return from exile, the beginning of the new world order
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I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours - and thrived on it.
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Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit.
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I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it.
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If you can't recognize the man in the mirror, it is time to step back and see when you stopped being yourself.
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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.
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Like a lake unruffled by any breeze, the concentrated mind is a faithful reflector that mirrors whatever is placed before it exactly as it is.
