"When you lose, don't lose the lesson."

-- Dalai Lama

#Buddhist Quotes #Lessons Quotes

“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.”

Source : Ashley Montagu (1967). “The American Way of Life”
“Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states.”
“About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.”
“I am a person who feels guilty for crimes I have not committed, or have not committed in years. The police search the train station for a serial rapist and I cover my face with a newspaper, wondering if maybe I did it in my sleep. The last thing I stole was an eight-track tape, but to this day I'm unable to enter a store without feeling like a shoplifter. It's all the anxiety with none of the free stuff.”
“We don't want any adventures here! You might try over the Hill or Across the Water.”
“Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2011). “A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.83, Delacorte Press
“The marathon can humble you.”

Source : Bill Rodgers, Matthew Shepatin (2013). “Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World”, p.274, Macmillan
“Experts say men think of sex every 10 seconds... What do they think of in the other nine?”

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