“By god the Buddhist means that from which the universe was born, the unborn of the Buddhist scriptures, and by soul that factor in the thing called man which moves towards enlightenment. Why need more be said of it, at any rate those who are not content with scholarship, but strive to attain that same enlightenment?” MenNeedsMeanSaidSoulMovingUniverseBornEnlightenmentStriveRateScriptureFactorsBuddhistScholarshipUnborn Book:An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers Source: An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers
“I can think of nothing more soul destroying in life than to persist in trying to do a thing you want desperately to do well, and to know that you are at the best second rate.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsI CanSoulHappinessSuccessRateDestroyingPersistSecond Rate Author:Agatha Christie
“What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the face at this rate one would think would convert an atheist. By the way, we may observe that smiles are much more becoming than frowns. This seems a natural encouragement to good-humor; as much as to say, if people have a mind to be handsome, they must not be peevish and untoward.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMindMaySoulSeemsFacesNaturalSunBecomingEncouragementRateAtheistRaysFlashHandsomeVigorGood Humor Author:Jeremy Collier