“We are foolish, and without excuse foolish, in speaking of the superiority of one sex to the other, as if they could be compared in similar things! Each has what the other has not; each completes the other; they are in nothing alike and the happiness and perfection of both depend on each asking and receiving from the other what the other only can give.” IfsGivingSexDependsPerfectionAskingExcuseEqualityFoolishReceivingSuperiority Book:Sesame and Lilies Source: Sesame and Lilies
“You need to work yourself up into some kind of a state every morning and believe that you are doing something terribly important upon which the future of literature, if not the world, depends. Buddhism tells you that this is just a foolish fantasy. So, I try not to think too much about Buddhism early in the morning. From noon on, I think about it.” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsTryingBelieveKindImportantStatesLiteratureMorningFantasyToo MuchBuddhismDependsFoolishEvery MorningNoon Author:Pankaj Mishra
“Then another thing, now this is mainly for our interest about Tibet, our struggle. Whole struggle depend on within person. For dangerous. Foolish! Not for this only institution or even not only for Buddhist dogma, but before national sort of right, our right. So therefore this struggle must carried by people themselves.” PeoplePersonsWholeInterestStruggleDangerousDependsInstitutionsFoolishBuddhistDogmaTibet Author:Dalai Lama