Lidem Peru Quotes & Sayings

Education enables people and societies to be what they can be. — Bill Richardson

They claimed popular support, but banned all opposition. Lloyd — Ken Follett

Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors. — Eugene O'Neill

In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next. — Brenda Shoshanna

This is a book for readers and for those who wish to become readers. Particularly, it is for readers of books. — Anonymous

I was so pleased and excited by your letter that I trotted about all day like a puppy with a bone. — Virginia Woolf

How bad is it?" "They drafted me," I said. "That's bad, all right," Bob said cheerfully. — Jim Butcher

These ... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world:
Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
Happiness is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
Status is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
... Now, I tell you, these ... things are not to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes. If they were to be obtained by reason of prayers or wishes, who here would lack them? It's not fitting for the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life to pray for it or to delight in doing so. Instead, the disciple of the noble ones who desires long life should follow the path of practice leading to long life. In so doing, he will attain long life ...
[Ittha Sutta, AN 5.43] — Gautama Buddha