“Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.” IfsSometimesHardCasesBuddhismBalanceLazySloppy Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.” HardProblemBeautifulForgetResultsResponsibilityHard WorkBuddhismBalanceCircumstancesMidstTaking ResponsibilitySomething BeautifulResponsibility For Your LifeDoing Things For Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“You can get stuck in being wise. You can get stuck in having a developed will. It is very hard to get stuck in being happy. It is too lucid a state of mind.” MindHardStatesWiseBuddhismBalanceStuckState Of MindBeing Wise Author:Frederick Lenz
“It is hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances. If we get caught, we will be punished. But that doesn't make us good people; it only makes us subdued. Just think about the Congress and Senate and even the president. The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all the power. Everybody is watching everybody else. It is as if the founding fathers knew, intrinsically, that the soul of man, unwatched, is perverse.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenSoulHardFatherPresidentSinGeniusBalanceCongressCaughtChecksGood PeopleSenateFounding Book:Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality Source: Blue Like Jazz: Movie Edition: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
“If I had a long-term partner, I dont think Id be an actor. Itd be too much of a strain; you have to work too hard to balance that life with a family and a mortgage and all that stuff - it would be too much.” IfsThinkingLongHardWould BeActorsStuffTermToo MuchBalancePartnersLong TermStrainMortgage Author:Rory McCann