"Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance."

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Source : Surya Das, Lama Surya Das (1997). “Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment : Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World”, Broadway

Surya Das

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“Meditation is not a means of forgetting the ego; it is a method of using the ego to observe and tame its own manifestations.”

Source : Mark Epstein (2013). “Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.57, Basic Books
“If you only try to do the things where you win, then you'll never try to do anything worth doing.”
“Widely dispersed knowledge concerning the important role of basic cooperative processes among living beings may lead to the acceptance of cooperation as a guiding principle both in social theory and as a basis for human behavior. Such a development when it occurs will alter the course of human history.”

Source : "Cooperation among Animals with Human Implications". Book by Warder Clyde Allee, p. 213, 1951.
“The few certainties in our existences are pain, death and bereavement.”

Source : Jane Wilson-Howarth (2012). “A Glimpse of Eternal Snows: A Journey of Love and Loss in the Himalayas”, p.375, Bradt Travel Guides
“Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.”
“Don't mistake knowledge for wisdom.”
“A corrupt society is terrible for humanity and great for business.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 19, 2012
“Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.”

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