Gautama Buddha Quotes
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.
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It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.
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Joseph Warren, like a lot of revolutionary leaders, was into Enlightenment literature.
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In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other.
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For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.
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Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
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Grief causes suffering and disease.
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My dad had a lot of bad luck. You could see his suffering, his terrible suffering, living a life that was disappointing and looking for another one.
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Forced labor affects the most vulnerable and least protected people, perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. Women, low-skilled migrant workers, children, indigenous peoples, and other groups suffering discrimination on different grounds are disproportionately affected.
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All that a pacifist can undertake-but it is a very great deal-is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.
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Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.
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Astonishingly, if you will have absolutely nothing to do with suffering, suffering will have nothing to do with you.
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We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love.
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The theater is the place where people create ideas and send messages out, and you learn, and I think it's a fair venue for disagreement and enlightenment.
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We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that.
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I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.
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As a kid, I think people would have described me more as a goofball, or being energetic. But I always loved parodies; I loved spoofing things.
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He picked up from me a certain way of thinking, certain logic, certain cut of mind. He has got from his mother a facility with words, and a certain intuition. So please do give him some slack, if you find that he thinks slowly, and speaks even more slowly.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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In my own life, I've written scripts that I want to direct, so I would love to take my own creativity in a way where I could tell my own story. That does inspire me, the idea of becoming a director.
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Suffering is temporary, enlightenment is forever.
