"Oh son, watch the illusory spectacle! All birth and death is projected by delusion, not existing in reality. I am beyond coming and going."

-- Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro

#Buddhist Quotes #Son Quotes #Reality Quotes

“One of the 12 steps is to admit that you're powerless, but I think that's bullshit. I think it's important to empower yourself by facing the stuff that triggers you.”
“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard”

Source : Francis Fukuyama (2006). “The End of History and the Last Man”, p.303, Simon and Schuster
“I think my biggest problem was, as a celebrity on a TV show, you get an inflated ego and you think you're the center of the universe.”
“There's no doubt I was a bit of a misfit in the Hollywood of the forties. The race for glamour left me far behind. I didn't really want to keep up. I wanted my stardom without the usual trimmings. Because of this, I was branded a rebel at the very least. But I don't regret that for a minute. My appetite was my own and I simply wouldn't have it any other way.”

Source : Veronica Lake, Donald M. Bain (1971). “Veronica”
“I was always a self-conscious person.”
“There is a sort of human paste that when it comes near the fire of enthusiasm is only baked into harder shape.”
“I see myself being married to my girlfriend and backpacking all over the world. If I can go out and do a 15-mile hike and climb a 12,000-ft. peak, I'm good to go.”
“My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.”

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