"Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free"

-- Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#Selfish Quotes #Essence Quotes #Self Centered Quotes

“I can look back and recognize the things I've done and said that were wrong: unethical, gratuitously hurtful, golden-rule-breaking, et cetera. Sometimes the wrongness was even clear at the time, though not as clear as it is now. But I did these things because I felt the pull of a trajectory, a sense of experience piling up the way it does as you turn the pages of a novel. I would be lying if I said I was a different person now. I am the same person. I would do it all again.”

Source : Emily Gould (2010). “And the Heart Says Whatever”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all idolatries, addiction taps this vital spiritual force and draws off its energies to objects and processes that drain the addict instead of fulfilling him.”
“A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.”

Source : "The Impossible Conundrum" by Alexa von Tobel, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2012.
“He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”

Source : Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco, William Nicholson (2011). “The Velveteen Rabbit”, p.32, Courier Corporation
“If the character is getting mad, getting upset or getting turned on, you're getting to see that in the facial tones and the skin tones. That's what I enjoy about acting. It can be very subtle, like that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Small causes are sufficient to make a man uneasy, when great ones are not in the way: for want of a block he will stumble at a straw.”
“I think shoulders are sexier than cleavage.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I donâ€™t believe in courtship.Itâ€™s a waste of time. If I love the person, Iâ€™ll tell her right away. But for you, Iâ€™ll make an exception. Just love me now, and Iâ€™ll court you forever.”

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