The imperfections you’re tempted to fix might prove to be what make the work great. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was an architectural error, which builders further exacerbated by trying to fix. Now, hundreds of years later, it’s one of the most visited buildings in the world precisely because of this mistake. - Rick Rubin
Loving kindness and compassion are not synonymous with merely turning the other cheek, of not cursing when cursed. When truth and justice are pushed aside and upright persons are slandered, being able to stand up for what is right is a form of courage and act of loving kindness and compassion.
- Hsing Yun As water changes according to the soil through which it flows, so a person assimilates the character of his or her associates. - Tirukural 46
Change needs a lot of failures, trial and error; it needs time. So it is this unrealistic sense of urgency that is making us angry, hateful, and disappointed. - Pomnyun Sunim
Just like individuals, religious traditions can have good and bad reputations. Up to now, overall, Buddhism has been known as the religion of peace and nonviolence. - Anam Thubten
instead of thinking about doing something, just do it. Then you will change.
- Pomnyun Sunim While Buddhists will disagree with the belief structures of other religions to the extent that they deviate from the Buddha’s Dharma, we will respect them to the extent that they enjoin virtues and standards of conduct that promote spiritual development and the harmonious integration of human beings with each other and with the world. - Bhikkhu Bodhi
There is far more love available to us in any given moment than we might be aware. And there is much, much more love in our hearts than we as adults have been conditioned to believe is appropriate to express. - Kate Johnson
The quality of lovingkindness is simply who you are. You don’t need a reason to manifest your natural state. You can develop lovingkindness just because. You can be compassionate just because—not for some profound reason or because the Buddha or the dharma pushes you into it. You do it because you are able to do it. –Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche
A scripture is a scripture only if it gives you freedom. A scripture is a scripture if it makes you natural. A scripture is a scripture if it does not fill you with condemnation for others and is able to make you realize that the divine is hidden also within them. - Osho
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