Kelsang Gyatso Quotes
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness. But if our mind is not peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best conditions.
Quotes to Explore
-
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
-
I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
-
Happiness is an inside job.
-
I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
-
The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
-
The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
-
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
-
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
-
I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
-
In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.
-
Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
-
We may define therapy as a search for value.
-
There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
-
I went through the extremes of amazing notoriety and also the dreaded things that you never thought you'd have to live through. Not everything works the way you want it to, but if I sit back and think, 'Am I happy about this?' Yeah. I wouldn't have done anything any better.
-
I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
-
I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
-
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
-
Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
-
As we have already glimpsed and will continue to discover, we are able to expand our awareness beyond the perceived limitations of our own person and access the dimensions of a transpersonal consciousness. As we open ourselves to the realization of the in-formed universe, this shift in our collective awareness heralds a resolution of the schisms that have divided us for so long—both among and within us.
-
Not a manager or an executive yet? It's not too early to practice. Many companies are always looking for people to volunteer to help coordinate happy hours, onboard new employees, or plan the holiday party.
-
If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast.
-
If I'm not on stage, I'm a pilot. I like flying planes; I have a little plane back in Nashville.
-
I am an old-fashioned storyteller. I try to make people laugh and cry. A fiction writer's duty is to entertain. If you can sneak in something profound or symbolic, so much the better.
-
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness. But if our mind is not peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the very best conditions.
