Bhikkhu Bodhi Quotes
The Buddha teaches that feeling is an inseparable concomitant of consciousness, since every act of knowing is coloured by some affective tone.
Quotes to Explore
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Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate.
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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.
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
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That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.
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When I'm not working, I don't do lots of glamorous things.
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I'd love to work with Rachel McAdams, because she's a great actress.
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We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.
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Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
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Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.
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I believe love's grip transcends gender. It transcends everything short of a very few primal needs like hunger, thirst, a need for oxygen.
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Nature … has born and reared all men alike, and created them genuine brothers, not in mere name, but in very reality, though this kinship has been put to confusion by the triumph of malignant covetousness, which has wrought estrangement instead of affinity and enmity instead of friendship.
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The love of our Lord Jesus Christ towards sinners is strikingly shown in His steady purpose of heart to die for them.
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Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.
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Listen to the Music of the Moment, people....Dance and Sing!
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I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
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When it comes to a question of the safety of our troops, I don't think we should have any question at all. For our members to move a piece of legislation, they have to have confidence that we do no harm, that we actually make sure that our troops are safe.
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We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of grace at any given moment.
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Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.
