"Do not encumber your mind with useless thoughts. What good does it do to brood on the past or anticipate the future? Remain in the simplicity of the present moment."

-- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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“Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them”
“The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind; but the odor of good people travels; even against the wind: a good man pervades every place.”

Source : Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.130, Lulu Press, Inc
“You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them.”
“The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.”
“So for, you know, for a good 20 years now I've been involved with veterans and soldiers and in support of them no matter what they're doing.”
“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”
“Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who conserves the public interest.”
“Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?”

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