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21 Life Changing Lessons to Learn From Confucius. Luminita Saviuc, Purpose FairyWaking Times There is a really wonderful quote from Jac Vanek that goes like this: “You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in.

21 Life Changing Lessons to Learn From Confucius

You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. And because I know this to be true, I am constantly collecting quotes from some of the wisest people that ever lived on this planet to share them with all of you, so that we can improve ourselves through their writings and gain easily what they have labored hard for. 73 Mindblowing Terence McKenna QuotesEndAllDisease.com. Pretty much my favorite Buddhist quote ever. Bonus: just below, I’ve added another all-time favorite, that helped me when young to remember that sadness is not only okay, it’s essential to our empathy, to our vision of creating an entlightened society…and that the fruition of all this meditation practice and study, of the power and the vision, of our genuine sadness and empathy for suffering, but…the fruition is simply right here, right now, in our present actions: like how we drink our tea.

Pretty much my favorite Buddhist quote ever.

“Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.” ~ Pema Chodron With notes: “Hold the sadness and pain of samsara [suffering, confusion] in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun [fundamental awake human nature]. Then the warrior [brave enough to look at & work with reality] can make a proper cup of tea.” ~ Pema Chodron Since everything is but an apparition, perfect in being what it is,

Thomas Paine Quotes - BrainyQuote. The pith teaching of all Buddhadharma. Mark Twain Makes Fun of "SCIENCE" - I Recommend Thunderbolt Project's YouTube, "The Impossible Star" 25 Quotes That Will Inspire You To Be A Fearless Writer. Padre de la novela policíaca: Allan Poe y sus más resaltantes frases. 25 Awesome Thoughts: Read It. The most beautiful death. Brave New World novelist Aldous Huxley was diagnosed with cancer in 1960, at which point his health slowly began to deteriorate.

The most beautiful death

On his deathbed in November of 1963, just as he was passing away, Aldous — a man who for many years had been fascinated with the effects of psychedelic drugs since being introduced to mescaline in 1953 — asked his wife Laura to administer him with LSD. She agreed. The following letter — an incredibly moving, detailed account of Aldous's last days — was written by Laura just days after her husband's death and sent to his older brother Julian. Transcript follows. 6233 Mulholland Highway Los Angeles 28, California December 8, 1963Dearest Julian and Juliette:There is so much I want to tell you about the last week of Aldous' life and particularly the last day. The-Day-That-Einstein-Feared-Has-Arrived.jpg (JPEG-bilde, 465x3553 punkter)

30 Best Quotes in Pictures of the Week – May 05th to May 12th. 1. ”Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour…..” – Albert Einstein 2. ”When you can’t smoke” – Rory Sutherland 3. ”Death does not concern us…” – Epicurus 4. ”I think it’s better to have ideas.” – Chris Rock 5. ”You gotta be able to smile…” 6. ”Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle…” – Buddha 7. 8. ”Some things are best left unsaid.” – Red 9. ”However vast the darkness we must supply our own light” -Stanley Kubrick 10. ”It Takes Courage…” – E.E.Cummings 11. ”The world has enough for everyone’s need…” Mahatma Gandhi 12. ”I’m a f*cking unicorn, and f*ck anybody who say I’m not”-Tyler, The Creator 13. ”It is the mark of an educated mind…” – Aristotle 14. ”The two most important days in your life…” – Mark Twain 15. ”Be humble, for you are made of earth, be noble, for you are made of stars” – Serbian proverb 16.

30 Best Quotes in Pictures of the Week – May 05th to May 12th

Recite. Veggbilder. 100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness. Everything Random. Quotes That Made Me Go, "Whoa" I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again. - Sylvia Plath. Shakespeare Insults: A collection of quotes for you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! Shakespeare's Insults You can tell by the hundreds of imaginative biting quips in Shakespeare's plays that the man adored a good insult.

Shakespeare Insults: A collection of quotes for you blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!

The following is small collection of the very best of Shakespeare's jabs and affronts. You are not worth another word, else I'd call you knave.All's Well that Ends Well (2.3.262)