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> [All the things you need in the death transition, you need now in the life transition, because life is a transition, it is a between state. Therefore, every night when you fall asleep, it's like you die. And every time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/all-the-things-you-need-in-the-death-transition-you-need-now-in-the/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

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## More by Robert Thurman

> [Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/whether-or-not-enlightenment-is-a-plausible-goal-for-us-is-a-vital/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [You're more responsible ethically for being there with your interconnection to the world, but the you now is an always changing one, and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/you-re-more-responsible-ethically-for-being-there-with-your/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [However, because of your interconnectedness with all things, other beings still have a problem, and when you realize that you have no absolute self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/however-because-of-your-interconnectedness-with-all-things-other/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/if-you-love-your-enemy-that-means-you-want-your-enemy-to-be-happy/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [In Buddhist ideology, the conventional self is that which is constructed in a way by the use of the pronoun, and when you realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/in-buddhist-ideology-the-conventional-self-is-that-which-is/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from ordinary reality. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/to-become-enlightened-is-not-just-to-slip-into-some-disconnected/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [I think about the trends at the moment in the planet and how it looks for my grandchildren. I don't panic over it, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/i-think-about-the-trends-at-the-moment-in-the-planet-and-how-it-looks/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/to-finish-building-the-free-society-dreamed-of-by-washington-franklin/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [Hate poisons your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/hate-poisons-your-life/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [A possession can't make you happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/a-possession-can-t-make-you-happy/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [People in Tibet have an expression. When you reach a certain degree of venerableness and age, and people ask, "How are you?," there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/people-in-tibet-have-an-expression-when-you-reach-a-certain-degree-of/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [“Anger spoils relationships where there should be great reciprocity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/anger-spoils-relationships-where-there-should-be-great-reciprocity/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [It isn't the meaning of love where you somehow desire that one or you want them or want them to love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/it-isn-t-the-meaning-of-love-where-you-somehow-desire-that-one-or-you/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest teachers of our time. He reaches from the heights of insight down to the deepest places…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/thich-nhat-hanh-is-one-of-the-greatest-teachers-of-our-time-he/)

[Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-thurman/)

> [I'd like to say is that we shouldn't have an idea that the goal of spiritual practice is to annihilate ones ego, that would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-thurman/i-d-like-to-say-is-that-we-shouldn-t-have-an-idea-that-the-goal-of/)

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