"Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth."

-- Emile Zola

#Believe Quotes #Promise Quotes

“The strong hands of God twisted the crown of thorns into a crown of glory; and in such hands we are safe.”
“The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be different from how they are. We see it most clearly when our personal situation is painful and we want very much for it to change. It's the wanting very much that hurts so badly, the feeling of "I need this desperately," that paralyzes the mind. The "I" who wants so much feels isolated. Alone.”

Source : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.37, Ballantine Books
“Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.”
“Satyagraha is the pursuit of truth. My grandfather believed that truth should be the cornerstone of everybody's life and that we must dedicate our lives to pursuing truth, to finding out the truth in our lives. And so his entire philosophy was the philosophy of life. It was not just a philosophy for conflict resolution, but something that we have to imbibe in our life and live it all the time so that we can improve and become better human beings.”

Source : "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.
“It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.”
“I challenge you to a duel!â€ screamed the cat, sailing over their heads on the swinging chandelier.”
“Provocation doesn't make me ill-tempered: it only shows me how ill-tempered I am.”
“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.”

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