Inexhaustible Cup Quotes & Sayings

Behind every coincidence, every stroke of luck, and every miracle, there is inevitably a cold and calculating mind. — Ryohgo Narita

Awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing. As such, it is no longer the exclusive preserve of enlightened teachers or accomplished yogis. Likewise, nirvana-the stopping of craving-is not the goal of the path but its very source. For human flourishing first stirs in that clear, bright, empty space where neurotic self-centredness realizes that it has no ground at all to stand on. One is then freed to pour forth like sunlight. — Stephen Batchelor

A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature. — Saint John Chrysostom

If I am killed, I can die but once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again. — Abraham Lincoln

Jace stiffened, and for a moment Maia saw through the Daniel-like savage amusement to what was underneath, and it was dark and agonized and reminded her more of her own eyes in the mirror than of her brother's. — Cassandra Clare

A person who breaks a promise diminishes herself. It's like losing a finger. It's worse than being paralyzed, which is merely physical. Someone whose promises are worthless has a disabled soul. — Ken Follett

What we have is the here and now, and what we have is each other, and let's find a way to deal truthfully with each other. — Christopher Eccleston

The kids (in the Jesus Movement) weren't singing for themselves. It seemed like they were singing TO Someone. — Greg Laurie

[S]ometimes, a fight you cannot win is still worth fighting. — Gene Luen Yang

Happiness depends on each person. If you think you're happy, then you must be happy. — Hideaki Sorachi

Ours. By then I'd read Chancellor Williams, J. A. Rogers, and John Jackson - writers central to the canon of our new noble history. From them I knew that Mansa Musa of Mali was black, and Shabaka of Egypt was black, and Yaa Asantewaa of Ashanti was black - and "the black race" was a thing I supposed existed from time immemorial, a thing that was real and mattered. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The abundance of God is like a mighty ocean, so vast you cannot possibly exhaust it or cause a shortage for others. You can go to this inexhaustible ocean with only a small cup and bring away only that small cup of bounty and blessing. Or, if you have faith enough, you can take a bucket and bring away a bucketful. It makes no difference to the ocean. Nor does it matter how often you go. Abundance is always there. — Henry Thomas Hamblin

Me black and beautiful' was the first thing she taught me. Then she pointed to the policeman with the gun outside and taught me: 'He pig. — V.S. Naipaul

I am very curious about life. I only hope it stays curious about me. — Mark Everett Stone

What America needs is a political revolution. — Walker Evans