Buddishm Quotes & Sayings

It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested! — Shane Claiborne

Our only competition in the theater is boredom, because if I'm bored with a play, if I'm revolted by a play on stage, with the Broadway prices, especially today, I'm going to walk out and not come back and pay that price again. — Jerome Lawrence

We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question. — Jamie Wyeth

Just as it is known
That an image of one's face is seen
Depending on a mirror
But does not really exist as a face,
So the conception of "I" exists
Dependent on mind and body,
But like the image of a face
The "I" does not at all exist as its own reality. — Nagarjuna

Listen!' said the White Spirit. 'Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them. Become that child again: even now.' 'Ah, — C.S. Lewis

For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it. — George Eliot

To see the Summer Sky
Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie
True Poems flee - — Emily Dickinson

In our world, where hundreds of things distract us from God, we have to intentionally and consistently remind ourselves of Him. — Francis Chan

As a rule, people tend to forget the most important things in life when money, power and lust are involved. — Cristiane Serruya

Sunday is my favorite day. — Emma Caulfield

I learned how to let other performers have their moment. A lot of people can't do that. They just chew the scenery and steamroll over their scene partners. It doesn't make you look better in the long run to do that. You have to have balance in your scene. If it's somebody else's moment, let them have it. Learn how to be generous. Plus, it makes the audience hate you. — Wendi McLendon-Covey

I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong ... Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me ... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top. — Mitch Hedberg

What inspired me to work so hard and to maintain my determination was seeing my mother. She was an immigrant and was struggling in America to make it by; that inspired me to work hard. — Michelle Phan

It's always good to give respect, even when you might not feel it's due. It serves two purposes in particular: one, you'll soothe the angry beast, should the person have a temper - by visually and verbally submitting to their imagined authority, and; two, by displaying that you acknowledge their authority (especially if others don't), you are likely to gain favor which can be used to your advantage. — Hobin Luckyfeller