Bhikkhu Analayo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I'm not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face.
I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like; it is terrifying.
The thing that I think a lot of guys need to know how to do is not take your mothers advice about honesty being the best policy. Listen to your cool, drunk uncle who tells you to lie. Those are the relationships that last.
No psychological health is possible unless this essential care of the person is fundamentally accepted, loved and respected by others and by himself.
The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.
The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.
As a painter, I realized that what we see is just manifestation of unseen power. Since then [1958 Coup in Iraq], reality started to take another form in my mind. Hence, I was aware of deception of our senses.
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.
We must look for consistency. Where there is a want of it we must suspect deception.
Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived.

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