"The longing for happiness and freedom from suffering expresses the great natural potential of mind."

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Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

#Inspirational Quotes #Mind Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“True Christians are not bigoted and this is actually not a matter of equality, no matter how often it is referred to as equal marriage. Civil partnerships are equal to marriage - they might not have the same name but they are equal.”
“I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.”
“There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can take, and eventually a goal thought to be too far to reach becomes achievable.”

Source : Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.35, Ballantine Books
“Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.”
“Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.”

Source : Marshall B. Rosenberg (2004). “Teaching Children Compassionately: How Students and Teachers Can Succeed with Mutual Understanding”, p.31, PuddleDancer Press
“We do not fight for the real but for shadows we make. A flag is a piece of cloth and a word is a sound, But we make them something neither cloth nor a sound, Totems of love and hate, black sorcery-stones.”

Source : STEPHEN VINCENT BENET (1928). “JOHN BROWN'S BODY”
“Oh man, nobody is as tough as Mr T. Ice T is pretty tough though as well.”
“I'm aware of being a stranger, an outsider, and that's always an advantage for an artist. It means I can see from the inside and the outside. I have that double vision.”

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