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I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a 2-way street." -Malcolm X
 
There is a saying in Tibetan that “at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar.” The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come from wealth, but from setting limits to one’s desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction

- Dalai Lama
 
Alectrona said:
There is a saying in Tibetan that “at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar.” The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come from wealth, but from setting limits to one’s desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction

- Dalai Lama
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You follow him facebook too? Nice :D:D
 
Alectrona said:
indeed sir, check out my latest statement :D
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I have followed him for a long time and his latest is great as usual:
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The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.
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Im working on pride:-)
Man, do I have a problem w that. Cant ask for help, I feel its a failure and I need to get over that.
 
FG said:
I have followed him for a long time and his latest is great as usual:
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The very purpose of spirituality is self-discipline. Rather than criticizing others, we should evaluate and criticize ourselves. Ask yourself, what am I doing about my anger, my attachment, my pride, my jealousy? These are the things we should check in our day to day lives.
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Im working on pride:-)
Man, do I have a problem w that. Cant ask for help, I feel its a failure and I need to get over that.
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Cosign on all fronts especially attachment and pride.
 
We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right." -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
"Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." -Langston Hughes
 
“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.” Oscar Wilde from The Critic as Artist
 
The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.” Wilde

– from The Picture of Dorian Gray
 
“If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn’t. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.” Wilde
 
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” Wilde from The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose
 
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. -Doug Larson, columnist (b. 1926)
 
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