"The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping."

-- Garchen Rinpoche

#Self Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Causes Quotes

“I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.”
“Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one could wake up one morning and find oneself bereft of brothers, parents, friends, all with the slice of an ax.”

Source : Lauren Willig (2010). “The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas”, p.65, Penguin
“I usually kissed my clients if they wanted to kiss. I thought it was just way too weird to say "no kissing allowed," That to me was uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“In every moment of every day of my life, I get to wake up and work with amazing people and nurture them in the way that I might have nurtured my son or my grandchildren that he might have had.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.”

Source : "Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So..." Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1995.
“Christmas in Bethlehem. The earliest dream: a cold, clear night made bright by a magnificent star, the smell of anger, marshals and clever men falling to their knees in love of the lovely baby, the avatar of faultless love...!!!”
“I love signing autographs! Sometimes, when people ask me for one, I keep the photo for myself and frame it. It's a Win-Win situation really; I get an extra 25 dollars in my pocket AND another portrait for my bedroom.”
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”

Source : Other People's Money ch. 5 (1914) See RalphWaldo Emerson 42

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