"According to Shakyamuni Buddha, it's normal for human beings to be anxious, because it's normal for human beings not to understand themselves. When you don't understand yourself, you're uncomfortable and scared. When you realize that you're anxious, Buddha's teaching is to practice being patient with it."

-- Reb Anderson

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“So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories.”
“Pakistan would be confident after their series win over England. The series will be a very close and good contest and if all the players play to their potential we're in for some wonderful cricket.”
“Nothing is more dastardly than to act with bravado toward God.”
“There is no failure except the failure of trying.”
“I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, one as hated as the other.”
“The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.”

Source : Texas v. White (1869)
“In a society that prates about, but seldom practices, communication, the craving to be listened to, heard, understood - which originates with the first terrified wail, the circling arms, the breast, the consolatory murmur - is hard to assuage.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (2001). “Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled”, p.7, Beacon Press
“Mozart has written opera, symphony, sacred and chamber music - not to mention his piano and violin concerti.”

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