"Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection."

-- Dalai Lama

#Spiritual Quotes #Profound Quotes #Mind Quotes

“People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds,”

Source : "Robert Downey Jr. On Dating Sarah Jessica Parker, Parenting And Drug Use", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 24, 2008.
“I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.”
“The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...”

Source : Bell Hooks (1994). “Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations”, p.298, Routledge
“Does freedom have a meaning if you're trapped in your ways?”
“The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it and vested in it. So the emotional connection is everything, albeit a connection on my terms.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became its own niche altogether.”

Source : "A Cleaner, faster animation" by Katie Dean, www.wired.com. October 19, 1999.
“Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Like a crowd in my head, so loud. I wonder what it's like to be dead, I hope it's quiet. Noise in my head like a riot. Any remedy you have for me, I'll try it.”

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