"A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity, and cultivates the strength of mind to let them arise and pass without identifying with or acting upon them."

-- Stephen Batchelor

#Heart Quotes #Greed Quotes #Mind Quotes

“God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.”

Source : Christian Scriver (1860). “Gotthold's Emblems: Or, Invisible Things Understood by Things that are Made”, p.259
“I'm a fiscal hawk. I vote against all taxes, but I do believe the environment, and climate change, is a bigger issue than fiscal deficits are as a risk to the nation.”
“My idea of gambling was walking through Central Park, whistling show tunes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The most enviable writers are those who, quite often unanalytically and unconsciously, have realized that there are different facets to their nature and are able to live and work with now one, now the other ...”

Source : Dorothea Brande (2016). “Becoming a Writer”, p.23, Lulu.com
“There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.”
“To thee only God granted A heart ever new: To all always open; To all always true.”
“Even if you try to copy a film shot by shot, you still can't. It's still your own film.”

Source : Interview with Briony Hanson, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2009.
“No vision of God and heaven ever experienced by the most exalted prophet can, in my opinion, match the vision of the universe as seen by Newton or Einstein”

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