“It is easy to become disillusioned with the circumstances of our lives compared to others'. But in the presence of God, He gives us a deeper peace and joy that transcends it all.”
“Happiness is just like a glacier-the visible one eighth tip sitting on seven eighth mass of pain and suffering under the surface”
“The mess we are making of our planet is caused by our own greed, hatred, and delusion. Aside from the existential afflictions of aging, death, and at least some of the illnesses, every instance we see of human misery, injustice, affliction. or sufficient and pain will, upon sufficient and sometimes even cursory investigation, be shown to be rooted in the attachment, aversion, or ignorance of some person or some group of people together.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“Докосвал съм се до какви ли не ужасни и трагични неща спокойно... със сляпо безгрижие... със странна сила. Но нали щастието е в това да изживееш всичко до край?”
Source: Le Grand Maitre Des Templiers
“The goal of becoming a better person is within the reach of us all, at every moment. ... We need only invoke the power of mindful awareness in any action of body, speech, or mind to elevate that action from the unconscious reflex of a trained creature to the awakened choice of a human being who is guided to a higher life by wisdom. ... We may not "complete" the work in this lifetime and root out the very mechanism by which our minds and bodies manifest their hereditary karmic toxins. Yet to whatever extent we can notice them as they arise, understand them for what they are, and gently abandon our grasp of them - if only for this moment - we are gaining ground in the grand scheme of things. And even a modest moment of emancipation from the unwholesome roots of greed, hatred, and delusion is a moment without suffering.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“Nothing's better for art than a little old-fashioned suffering.”
Source: A&B
“To walk in faith is to confess that we do not know what awaits us, and the faith I have embraced does not promise an easy road.”
Source: Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death
“The world we inhabit is one where children feel sorrow long before they have the words to express it.”
Source: Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death
“I, the infirm, find myself caring for the sorrows and fears of the well.”
Source: Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death
“Walking through suffering is a work that is bound by limitation. Often it isn't that the afflicted are unwilling to let others in. It is just that there comes a certain point in a person's suffering where there is no apparent port of entry.”
Source: Struck: One Christian's Reflections on Encountering Death