"It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist."

-- Jack Kornfield

#Buddhist Quotes

“The idea of romanticising the world goes back to the idea of creating a harmonious whole where the individual will feel at one with himself, others and nature.”

Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.
“I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books
“I don't like to listen to music while I'm working.”
“The idea that Bentham and Mill were maximizers is the greatest stretch of all. They were progressivists, committed to improving the societies in which they lived, not utopian maximizers.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.17
“I'm not a lawyer, and maybe I should have used more specific legal language.”
“Love God, love your neighbors, and do stuff!”
“People will never set their faces decidedly towards heaven, and live like pilgrims, until they really feel that they are in danger of hell.”

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