"If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change."

-- Dalai Lama

#Buddhism Quotes #Belief Quotes #Prove Quotes

“We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the social scale... The end of it all is vexation of spirit.”
“It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”
“The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.”

Source : "Rewatching the Queer Canon, Part 4: Fassbinder’s Gaze" by Oliver Skinner, www.indiewire.com. March 7, 2014.
“In the end, the only heritage we have is our planet, and I have decided to go to the most pristine places on the planet and photograph them in the most honest way I know, with my point of view, and of course it is in black and white, because it is the only thing I know how to do.”
“Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made.”
“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.”
“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
“I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.”

Source : "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.

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