"As the conceptual, material world increases its hold on us, and inanimate objects become more lifelike, we humans must become more human. Open hearts, kindness and care-these are our most precious gifts."

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Source : Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.41, Harmony

Sakyong Mipham

#Kindness Quotes #Heart Quotes #Inanimate Objects Quotes

“In marriage for example, you say 'Yes' on the day you get married, 'I do', but each day you implicitly if not explicitly, also say 'Yes', by every act that one performs in a marriage, one is saying 'Yes', making a cup of coffee for one's wife or husband is a form of saying 'Yes' to the marriage vow that one is continuing the marriage by affirming it in one's deeds. And exactly the same in the religious life.”
“If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?”
“History shows that tax increases during a recession are a recipe for greater unemployment and economic loss.”
“Absorption in things other than self is the secret of a happy life.”

Source : James Cagney (1976). “Cagney by Cagney”
“When we talk to God, we're praying. When God talks to us, we're schizophrenic.”
“Iâ€™ve always lived in the moment.”
“The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply lonely and unglamorous task of tolerating oneself long enough to push something out.”

Source : Thomas Carlyle, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1977). “The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: Jan. 1829-Sept. 1831”
“I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.”

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