Gautama Buddha Quotes
Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.
Quotes to Explore
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America is the world of peace and must be made the continent of its definite consequence.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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The discovery of personal whiteness among the world's peoples is a very modern thing - a nineteenth and twentieth century matter, indeed. The ancient world would have laughed at such a distinction.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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One should go to the line through the character. You should see their lifestyle in the way they speak.
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Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
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To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
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The clarinet chose me more than I chose the clarinet.
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The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
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In the South, the food is outstanding. Down south, we eat to get full, and the people up north, they don't do that.
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I feel like a good director provokes you to ask questions about your character, but doesn't answer them for you.
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Now that it's officially summer, here's my advice to parents who want to continue teaching their kids during the next two months and learn something themselves: visit Civil War battlefields.
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In Europe they call geeks 'smart people,' and frankly I think we live in a culture that doesn't value intelligence enough; so I am very proud in saying that I am a geek.
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As well as being a creative genius, Vidal Sassoon was a formative figure of the Sixties. Along with the Pill and the mini-skirt, his influence was truly liberating.
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I'm more interested in people the way they are than what they've done onscreen before. So I don't worry much about the acting skills or the name, the status. I just think, 'Do I believe this person? Do I like them? Are they interesting, complicated, have the right aura, energy?'
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Racism is like high blood pressure—the person who has it doesn’t know he has it until he drops over with a God damned stroke. There are no symptoms of racism. The victim of racism is in a much better position to tell you whether or not you’re a racist than you are.
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All I ever wanted to do was play competitive golf against the best players in the world.
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I have been vain since birth.
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I am quite above physical death and believe it to be only the birth throes for a much purer life in a much purer draping.
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It takes a true encounter to realise that real animals, wild animals, have all but passed from our lives.
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Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.
