"If you want to understand suffering you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there. Where suffering lies is right where non-suffering will arise, it ceases at the place where it arises. If suffering arises you must contemplate right there, you don't have to run away. You should settle the issue right there. One who runs away from suffering out of fear is the most foolish person of all. He will simply increases his stupidity endlessly."

-- Ajahn Chah

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“Respecting others' opinions doesn't mean being untrue to our own.”

Source : P. M. Forni (2010). “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct”, p.77, Macmillan
“Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.”
“It must not be supposed that the subjective elements are any less 'real' than the objective elements; they are only less important... because they do not point to anything beyond ourselves...”
“Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those kids were fast as lightning. In fact, it was a little bit frightening, make sure you have expert timing.”
“There, at the centre, are the artists who really form the consciousness of their time; they respond deeply, intuitively to what is happening, what has happened, and what will happen, and their response is expressed in metaphor, in image and in fable.”
“Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.”
“I started concentrating so hard on my vision that I lost sight.”
“We all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake will own you.”

Source : Ashley Merryman, Po Bronson (2013). “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing”, p.139, Random House

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