Rigpa Treasury Quotes & Sayings

A player who dives and wins a penalty in Portugal, or Spain or Italy is considered clever, experienced, cunning, someone who understands the game. In England a player who wins a penalty like that is a cheat. — Jose Mourinho

I meditate. Like, I try. Not every day, but even if I'm not doing that meditation, the moments of my day have changed because I'm not on my phone so much. I'm intentionally not checking my phone every two seconds. — Anderson Cooper

Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options. — Isaac Brock

Do you speak Parseltongue?" I ask. "What?" His face screws up. — Tarryn Fisher

Your daily behavior reveals your deepest beliefs. — Robin Sharma

I sometimes wonder if God calls us into the church because it represents not the people of God at their best but us at our worst. I wonder if he calls us to become embedded in this wretched institution precisely because it is wretched. And calls us to be a part of it not to reform it or save it or control it in any way, but to simply love it. — Mark Galli

Jesus does not demand of us higher standards, he offers us himself. Jesus does not require of us super-human ability or commitments. He gives us his ability and grace. — Ronnie McBrayer

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. — Oscar Wilde

I was not I, I was nothing - and that seemed to me quite marvelous. — Paulo Coelho

The change is for a cause. — Lailah Gifty Akita

India is constipated with a lot of humbug. Take religion. For the Hindu, it means little besides caste and cow-protection. For the Muslim, circumcision and kosher meat. For the Sikh, long hair and hatred of the Muslim. For the Christian, Hinduism with a sola topee. For the Parsi, fire-worship and feeding vultures. Ethics, which should be the kernel of a religious code, has been carefully removed. — Khushwant Singh

Software and hardware design is less different than software designers think, but more different than hardware designers think. — Fred Brooks

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. — John Updike

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way. — Rebecca Hall

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity. — Michel De Montaigne