Muromachi Period Quotes & Sayings

When we put together two substances in nature that are dry, they cannot cohere; there is no way for them to join. When we add wetness, these two substances can bond; they can come together. In just that same way, the force of metta, lovingkindness, allows us to cohere, to come together within ourselves and with all beings. The beauty of this truth moved the Buddha to say that sustaining a loving heart, even for the duration of the snap of a finger, makes one a truly spiritual being. — Sharon Salzberg

To be ethical, never think of anything unethical. To be moral, never hurt anyone. — Debasish Mridha

It's just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act? — Robin Wright

If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.' — Mahatma Gandhi

I am glad that at such a moment my young man turned out to be not so reasonable; the time will come for an intelligent man to be reasonable, but if at such an exceptional moment there is no love to be found in a young man's heart, then when will it come? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. — Midge Decter

Sometime ... there should be outburst of words to avoid complication. — Upasana Banerjee

We need the Word of God to set us free. We need biblical wisdom to set us straight. What we need is the Great Physician to heal our overscheduled souls. — Kevin DeYoung

When I grew up, the only way a lad like me would maybe escape was playing football. Not being an actor. — Sean Harris