"Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth."

-- Daisaku Ikeda

#Morning Quotes #Spring Quotes #Buddhism Quotes

“In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Nation's seniors that are approaching retirement age, but allow for younger taxpayers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in private accounts.”
“One of my interests in music has always been what it means, why it affects us the way it does.”
“I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.”
“Promises were like bad checks, easy to write and hard to cash.”

Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2004). “Blind Lake”, p.114, Macmillan
“Remember Mother Earth knows who these people are that are going to become the one heart. Really the better way to say it is one lotus. This place in the heart has always been referred to as the lotus. And when you find your way there, Mother Earth will completely take care of you and protect you and provide everything for you. Even though everything outside seems to be insane, it will be miraculous.”

Source : Source: beforeitsnews.com
“It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.”
“If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.”
“The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail.”

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