in an uncomfortable world...I looked to Buddha for inspiration this morning:
"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."
“In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
“It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.”
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.”
A friend of mine, an affluent and “successful” business man, just had a heart attack. He was 55 years old. Our bodies, though flesh and blood, are simply machines. If you overstress a machine, its parts break and it stops working. Life is fragile. Handle it with care.
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