Vihara Quotes & Sayings

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton

These four qualities are among the most beautiful and powerful states of consciousness we can experience. Together they are called in Pali, the language spoken by the Buddha, the brahma-viharas. Brahma means "heavenly." Vihara means "abode" or "home." By practicing these meditations, we establish love (Pali, metta), compassion (karuna), sympathetic joy (mudita), and equanimity (upekkha) as our home. — Sharon Salzberg

I learn the most from making my own mistakes. — David Fincher

When asked about his apparent lack of anger toward the Chinese by an incredulous reporter at the time he won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Dalai Lama replied something to the effect that: They have taken everything from us; should I let them take my mind as well? — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Access to a school library results in more reading. — Stephen D. Krashen

I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now. — Brian Austin Green

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. — Bill Watterson

It had been too much for Edith to take and she had gone to her room so that her nieces wouldn't see her cry anymore. — Anna Godbersen

I wanted to share my love of coffee with a wider audience and also continue to raise money for The Thirst Project through Common Culture Coffee. — Connor Franta