"To free desire from the tendency to cling, we have to be willing to stumble over ourselves."

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Source : Mark Epstein (2006). “Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught”, p.42, Penguin

Mark Epstein

#Desire Quotes #Tendencies Quotes #Willing Quotes

“Nature is at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.”
“I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.”
“The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.”
“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.”
“Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness and love are heard by our ever-alert, impressionable children.”
“I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.”
“Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time.”
“One of the difficulties in living the lifestyle I lead is that it is hard to get my friends in one place.”

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