"Socrates pointed out that we carry on as though death were the greatest of all calamities-yet, for all we know, it might be the greatest of all blessings. What are we going to call good? What are we going to call bad? Good or bad is never our choice, or even the issue."

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Source : Steve Hagen (2011). “Buddhism Plain and Simple”, p.47, Tuttle Publishing

Steve Hagen

#Blessing Quotes #Issues Quotes #Choices Quotes

“It's hard to pass up a pole vault opportunity here in Des Moines. The crowd was so great when I was at the mall and I was pumped up and I thought technically I was on and I figured where else to open up my outdoor season than here.”
“The reality is that I spent years in the factories in Italy when I first set up Jimmy Choo. Today, everyone who has a job at Jimmy Choo, I've done their job - right down to the cleaner.”
“Lead from the back â€” and let others believe they are in front.”
“It's true, isn't it, that each of us has two hearts? The secret heart, curled behind like a fist, living gnarled and shrunken beneath the plain, open one we use every day.”

Source : Carolyn Parkhurst (2003). “The Dogs of Babel”, Large Print Press
“That's the thing about friendship, it's a lot rarer than love, because there is nothing in it for any body.”
“The only thing that counts is your dedication to the game. You run on your own fuel; it comes from within you.”
“You can't know about marriage until you try it.”
“People who say they're too busy to have lunch have a false impression of their own importance.”

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