Sayadaw Quotes & Sayings

Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do. — Katherine Paterson

The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking ... — Sharon Begley

It's just interesting that people don't really know about the roles that I play that are darker. I kind of do a huge blend of really big light things but also really dark indie things, and it just sort of happens to work out that way. — Brittany Snow

If we fail to root ourselves in Scripture, our souls will be starved for Christ. — Gangai Victor

Every moment of mindfulness means the gradual destruction of latent defilements. It is somewhat like cutting away a piece of wood with a small axe, every stroke helping to get rid of the unwanted fragments of wood. — Mahasi Sayadaw

I read to him from his mother's Bible the first line of Genesis: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.' It says nothing about hell, Tom. That came later with the membership drive. — Poe Ballantine

The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong. — Studs Terkel

There's one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it's like to be one. — Justin Young