"The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want."

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Source : Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.45, Tharpa Publications US

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

#Want Quotes #Certain Quotes #Stuck Quotes

“we are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility.”
“The fact is, America needs energy and new energy infrastructure, and the Keystone XL pipeline will help us achieve that with good stewardship.”

Source : "A blueprint for environment, energy" by John Hoeven, www.politico.com. April 15, 2012.
“Frequent friction when love becomes political.”
“In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If I have caught myself struggling to remember, it was, if not a pretense, at least premature, in that I only ever used photography for my own pleasure - even if I then bewailed the vanished pleasure which my pictures brought back to me.”
“Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.”
“The quality of life, which in the ardour of spring was personal and sexual, becomes social in midsummer.”
“Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.”

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