“Unless you see your nature, you shouldn't go around criticizing the goodness of others. There's no advantage in deceiving yourself. Good and bad are distinct. Cause and effect are clear. But fools don't believe and fall straight into a hell of endless darkness without even knowing it. What keeps them from believing is the heaviness of their karma. They're like blind people who don't believe there's such a thing as light. Even if you explain it to them, they still don't believe, because they're blind. How can they possibly distinguish light?” PeopleIfsBelieveStillsLightFallCausesDarknessHellKnowingClearEffectsFoolGoodnessAdvantageBlindDon't BelieveKarmaEndlessCriticizeDeceivingGood And BadCause And EffectHeavinessBlind PeopleDeceiving Yourself Author:Bodhidharma
“I never drink alcohol. I do not like to blunt my senses.’ ‘Goodness,’ I babbled, ‘but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that you’re not going to feel any better all day.” FeelsMeanMorningKnowingImagineDrinkGoodnessDrinkingAlcoholSensesAwfulBlunt Book:Don't Point that Thing at Me Source: Don't Point that Thing at Me
“The civilization, so often vaunted by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation, bring great evil upon men. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing. If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.” IfsMenArtEvilKnowingSourceCivilizationProveGoodnessBoundsExcessRestraintModerationArt And ScienceExponents Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard about the idea, whereupon all confidence flies away.” ThinkingIdeasHardSeemsCertainAttitudeKnowingGoodnessBe ConfidentDogmaticFly AwayTruth Love Author:Charles Jencks
“Lo! ye believers in gods all goodness, and in man all ill, lo you! see the omniscient gods oblivious of suffering man; and man, though idiotic, and knowing not what he does, yet full of the sweet things of love and gratitude.” MenDoeSufferingKnowingSweetGratitudeGoodnessIllBelieverIdioticObliviousLove And GratitudeOmniscientSweet Things Book:Moby-Dick: or, The Whale Source: Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
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