Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Quotes

#1. I like honesty and fair play.

Marcus Garvey

#2. Never glorify anger; as anger is only destructive! You can never be happy destroying something!

Ravi Samuel

#3. It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark - and the tortuous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax.

Patricia Moyes

#4. The thing I want to write most is the next thing I write.

Carroll Bryant

#5. Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf.

Charlaine Harris

#6. Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die.

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#7. Endure the criticism, but never ignore it.

M.M. Lindelo

#8. As long as we are mindful and aware, no one practice is better than another.

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#9. If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.

Michael Phelps

#10. During the time of Atlantis, members of the Mystery Schools discovered and developed specific concentration exercises that they found would radically increase and sharpen their innate psychic abilities.

Frederick Lenz

#11. Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.

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#12. I believe the world of the spirit is in general greatly neglected and not at all served by the practice of faith as we know it, because religion isn't individual enough.

Frank Delaney

#13. It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

Helen Keller

#14. An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe in and out, and we just watch that. Nothing else.

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#15. Ultimately one must abandon the path to enlightenment. If you still define yourself as a Buddhist, you are not a buddha yet.

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#16. I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.

Mark Twain

#17. Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself.

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#18. This"-his gaze roamed the room-"is the life were given, and we lived it. As best as we could, we lived it. But this"-He laid his hand over Aaron's chest and smiled.-"This is the life we made, and it's perfect.

Kary Rader

#19. It is the lot of man but once to die.

Francis Quarles