The Buddha’s last words instructed us to be heedful—to see…

“The things that you think about the most will irrationally rise in importance in your mind.”

— Scott Adams

To sleep with a woman: it can seem of the utmost importance in your mind, or then again it can seem like nothing much…

— Haruki Murakami

You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind.

— Kurt Vonnegut

“Accordingly, no book can actually embody the knowledge of anything of philosophical importance; only a mind can do that, since only a mind can…

— John M. Cooper

“Rituals, ceremonies, prayers, and special outfits are inevitable, but they do not—they cannot—express the heart of what the Buddha taught. In fact, all too…

— Steve Hagen

We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected.

— Anonymous

“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…

— Shunryu Suzuki

“She remembered a word he'd often used, karuna-one of the Buddha's words, Pali for compassion, for the immanence of all living things in each…

— Amitav Ghosh

“Buddha is our inherent nature—our buddha nature—and what that means is that if you’re going to grow up fully, the way that it happens…

— Pema Chödrön

“Actions are important, but what you expect is more important.”

— Debasish Mridha

Success Does Not Depend On Making Important Decisions Quickly, But Depends On Your Quick Actions On Important Decisions.

— Pacifiersucker

For carbon-neutral cities, there are things worth talking about in how our consumption patterns can change - sharing goods, etc. - but those are…

— Alex Steffen

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself

— Anita Hill

“Actions are most important in life: act with love, kindness, understanding, and compassion toward others that they may bear witness to your belief(s).”

— Ken Poirot

Individual actions are important because in any democracy, citizens need to feel agency. If you feel powerless, totally powerless, it's psychologically dangerous.

— Elizabeth May