"In general, 'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are. A Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. There are many people who have become Buddhas in the past, and many people will become Buddhas in the future."

-- Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

#Ignorance Quotes #Mean Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“I try to be more goofy when I'm on set now that I'm more comfortable. In real life, I'm so goofy and super weird. I'm never mean but people don't see the weird side of me.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“I have always been interested in garbage: What it says about us. What in there embarrasses us, and what we can't bear to part with. Where it goes and how much of it there is. How it endures. What it might be like to work with it every day.”
“Most of the homeschooled children I know have about the same amount of after-school peer time as the rest of the population but, obviously, without that school day together, they do spend less time with their peers. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is still open to debate.”

Source : "The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling". Book by Quinn Cummings, 2012.
“When people who are seeking change start out, they are driven by commitment to a cause. But as internecine power struggles take over, one-time idealists fall prey to corruption. They become just as corrupt and manipulative as the system that they want to overthrow.”
“I hope this is the lesson we women really commit to memory - we learned that it doesn't work to try be someone other than who you really are.”
“To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description. It also, at the same time, identifies you with saints and the finest persons of heroic soul within every time, country, race, and gender. To be a member of the church is to carry the mantle of both the worst sin and the finest heroism of soul . . . because the church always looks exactly as it looked at the original crucifixion, God hung among thieves.”
“I would rather work less and do the things that I really want to do.”
“We walk around every day not knowing the exact level of risk and benefit associated with most of our actions, yet it remains our responsibility to decide whatâ€™s worth pursuing.”

Source : "On CrossFit and Risk" by Julie Foucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 21, 2014.

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