"Western laziness consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues."

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Source : Sogyal Rinpoche (2009). “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition”, p.27, Harper Collins

Sogyal Rinpoche

#Real Quotes #Buddhism Quotes #Issues Quotes

“I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go I know nothing but I am here to learn.”
“His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears, laughter and memories. She bagged the items, cleared the dust, wiped her eyes and filed away the memories.”
“Concentrate on doing what you do best, and let others do the rest.”
“Look back to the cross, and the disciples gazing on it in terror from afar, and then look around on the nations that are influenced by the faith that there centres--and note the change! Then take these elements, established in history, and calculate the orbit Christianity is to fill.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 142), 1895.
“In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious.”
“How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!”

Source : Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.164
“I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.”
“To some Softball is a game; to others it's Life.”

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