Best Sylvia Boorstein Quotes
- If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of the struggle is… Alive
- Dedication to goodness-dedication in response to an inner moral mandate rather than external restraint-was both the antidote to the pain and the source of great… Antidote
- What if someone hurts you with a weapon? Wait. Think it over. You probably feel angry. That's normal. But wasn't it the stick striking your… Add
- It is our own pain, and our own desire to be free of it, that alerts us to the suffering of the world. It is… Acknowledged
- When people ask the Dalai Lama, "Is Buddhism a religion?" he answers, "Yes, it is." Then they ask, "What kind of religion is it?" He… Answers
- The Buddha taught that suffering is the extra pain in the mind that happens when we feel an anguished imperative to have things be different… Alone
- When we are relaxed and reasonable content, we are naturally wise. We accept that life is unpredictable, unreliable. We say jokingly or philosophically, "Nothing is… Accept
- Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition… Action