"Nirvana means to extinguish the burning fires of the Three Poisons: greed, anger, and ignorance. This can be accomplished by letting go of dissatisfaction."

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Source : Shinjō Itō (2009). “Shinjo: Reflections”, p.94

Shinjo Ito

#Moving On Quotes #Letting Go Quotes #Ignorance Quotes

“I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.”
“I also try to discipline myself when I get into a situation ... and I'm trying to think of an answer, instead of being verbose, which is a tendency that I have, to be concise. Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.”
“Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.”

Source : Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. August 2, 2015.
“Stegosaurus was common only on well drained, dry soil.”
“Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the absence of self.”
“No power of earth, or hell, men or devils, can possibly stand against the word of God; and hence it is the very height of folly and wild madness for any one to set up his thoughts or reasonings in opposition to the plain statements of Holy Scripture; and, on the other hand, it is the beginning and end of all true wisdom to submit in all things to the absolute authority of that Word which is settled forever in Heaven.”
“Society has to take the glory out of guns. Young people have no business carrying a gun. I would love to speak bluntly to those gangbanging teens and wanna-bes and tell them prison is nothing like what you think. If youâ€™re packing a gun, youâ€™re making a big mistake, and youâ€™ll regret it.”
“Just as a dancer, turning and turning, may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl of her flying skirts, our weeping willow -- now old and broken , creaking in the breeze -- turns slowly, slowly in the winter sun, sweeping the rusty roof of the barn with the pale blue lacework of her shadow.”

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