"All the joy the world contains Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself."

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Source : Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.214, Shambhala Publications

Shantideva

#Motivational Quotes #Joy Quotes #Wish Quotes

“I accept the consequences of all that I do. No matter what we do with our lives, our bodies are temporary. We're all going to die, and I'd rather die climbing than doing anything else.”
“A cunning woman is a knavish fool.”

Source : "Advice to a Lady". Poem by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, 1731.
“I'd just as soon freeze to death.”
“It is a magnificent feeling to recognize the unity of complex phenomena which appear to be things quite apart from the direct visible truth.”
“I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.”
“Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again!”
“You are the one and only ever you.”
“Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.”

Source : Iris Murdoch (1987). “The Unicorn”, p.76, Penguin

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