Prato Orlando Quotes & Sayings

I asked Mincha if he would like to be reincarnated as the beautiful scarlet minivet. Mincha paused for a moment and then pointed out how many insects a minivet consumes in its lifetime. "Killing other creatures causes pain in the world. So from a Buddhist perspective, we must say that the minivet is not to be envied." Besides, he related, there are 500 rebirths separating birds and humans, so a bird rebirth would be a big setback from enlightenment. Back — Eric Dinerstein

I am sure you would not understand if I told you my father is delightfully clear and selfish, tender and lying, formal and incurable. He exhausts all the loves given to him. If I did not leave his house at night to warm myself in Rango's burning hands I would die at my task, arid and barren, sapless, while my father monologues about his past, and I yawn yawn yawn... — Anais Nin

You're the empire I'd protect. You're my reason for serving. I want you above all else. You're my freedom. — Sarah Noffke

If you lower the standards of your life and expect to live life like the people in a movie or a soap opera, you are not living God's will for your life. — Sue Detweiler

Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it. — David Henry Hwang

Understanding is the weapon of the Wise. Explore it fearlessly. Use it openly with caution. — Luis Marques

I've always been searching to arrive at a certain voice that will probably elude me forever. — Jhumpa Lahiri

Examination of its own history and of the forms of thought given the name "philosophy" indicates that "philosophy" has itself borne many fundamentally different meanings through the years, and from one school or movement to another. — Gregory B. Sadler