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“The perpetuators of the Buddha dharma have a moral responsibility to the rest of humanity to be at the forefront of the change away from blood-letting and killing, and not surreptitiously fostering it because of their lack of will to change their habits or mode of thinking concerning the animal kingdom.”

Thinking Humanity Animal Responsibility Moral Blood Habit Killing Kingdoms Buddhist Dharma Moral Responsibility Fostering Animal Kingdom

Book:Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness

Source: Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness

“As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside.”

Source: The plays of Philip Massinger, with notes by W. Gifford

“Youth changes its tastes by the warmth of its blood; age retains its tastes by habit.”

Age Blood Youth Habit Taste Warmth

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That's not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too much of it is devoted to habits, old conditioning, unconscious reflexes, and lack of self-awareness.”

“Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.”

People Young Change Blood Habit Heat Inclination

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld