Garchen Rinpoche Quotes
The only cause of happiness is love and the only cause of suffering is attachment to the ego (the continuing need to satisfy the self). If you understand this, you understand the work of Karma, cause and effect, perfectly. All suffering without exception comes from the desire for one's own personal happiness.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
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I play the harmonium. I had learned to use the guitar for a bit before becoming a part of the music industry, but unfortunately didn't pursue it fully. I would love to learn to play the piano because it holds a unique connect for me in terms of rhythm.
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I would love to get back to the big leagues as a coach, possibly a manager. I would love that opportunity.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I don't remember feeling love.
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I love a woman who can out-eat me.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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I love science fiction.
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I love London; I could totally live here, actually. I'm in New York most of the time, and it really reminds me a lot of New York.
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When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
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I always have been a busy person, doing my own housework, helping the Man of the Place when help could not be obtained; but I love to work. And it is a pleasure to write. And, oh, I do just love to play!
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you're in a good place and you're in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.
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L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there.
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Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.
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Bhutan is a beautiful place. High-end tourists love it.
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I moved to New York last year and I love it. It's a huge change and I've always wanted to spend time there. It's like a more intense London, and everything's up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food's better.
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I'm pretty hot, right? Very hot, if I may say so myself. Don't you feel the sex I'm radiating?
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Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.
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The only cause of happiness is love and the only cause of suffering is attachment to the ego (the continuing need to satisfy the self). If you understand this, you understand the work of Karma, cause and effect, perfectly. All suffering without exception comes from the desire for one's own personal happiness.
