"When Buddhists say, "A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause," they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past."

--

Source : Hsing Yun (2016). “Describing the Indescribable: A Commentary on the Diamond Sutra”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

Hsing Yun

#Buddhist Quotes #Mean Quotes #Past Quotes

“I brought you the truth about our city and the reason we are in it. If you aren't thanking me for it, you should at least do something about it instead of sitting here on this mess you made, pretending it's a throne!”
“The Church's basic moral principle regarding reproductive technologies is this: if a given technology assists the marital embrace in achieving its natural end, it can be morally acceptable, even praiseworthy. However, if it replaces the marital embrace as the means by which the child is conceived, it's not in keeping with God's design.”
“Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.”
“Civilization itself is housed in the human being.”

Source : Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”
“Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big companies. Before the first olive has settled into the first martini, they pour the stories of their lives into the nearest and sometimes the remotest ears capturable.... These men have indeed paid the price of success. To rise to the top of a big company often takes a totality of effort, concentration and dedication. Others, too, have to pay part of the price. Wife and children are out of mind even when in sight....”
“I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life.”

Source : Chaim Potok (2016). “The Chosen”, p.234, Simon and Schuster
“To be considered a celebrity, there's a certain lifestyle that comes with that.”
“Why you were born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving to it. I cannot prove that this is a balance of mathematical perfection, but my own observation of life leads me to the conclusion that there is a very real friendship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of life.”

You may also like:

Cheng Yen
Nun
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Lama
Gautama Buddha
Founding Figure
Hsu Yun
Huineng
Ma Ying-jeou
President of the Republic of China
Sheng-yen
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Author
Thrangu Rinpoche