"Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people, animals, plants, and minerals. I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life."

#Buddhist Quotes #Animal Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Poetry creates the myth, the prose writer draws its portrait.”
“And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing.”
“I am not an expert. That is someone else's job. If I were expert, the approach would be all wrong. It would be from the inside. I am a blunderer. I usually don't know what I am going into at the start. I go into the fog and trust something will be there.”

Source : "Still up to mischief" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.
“Ask anyone who has been in a love relationship for a while: nothing is perfect.”

Source : "5 Ways To Know You’re Ready For Love" by Tracy McMillan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 6, 2013.
“I'd hate to be really beautiful on telly and then have everyone go, 'It's all make-up and lighting.”
“All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement,”
“I didn't respond to that. I'm not scared of heights. I'm just scared of falling from heights.”
“Misfortunes one can endure--they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults--ah!--there is the sting of life.”

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