hi'ya The fewer the words, the better the prayer.,
On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots of merit under many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas.,

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it,
The higher character a person supports the more they should regard their smallest actions.,





Life is never boring

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Go and come So free we seem, so fettered we are!,
I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son,
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.,

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding,
We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.,
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.,
Naivete in grownups is often charming but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.,
Cleverness is not wisdom.,
Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong., Distance is a great promoter of admiration !,