Buddhism Quote by Gary Yourofsky Download Open image “Protecting the weak is the first step to enlightenment and being truly civilized.” — Gary Yourofsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Buddhism Civilized Enlightenment First step First steps Firsts Steps Weak
The strong conquer the weak. The weak serve the strong and hope to become strong so they can conquer others who are weaker. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done. — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
We are at our best when we help the weakest. The weak make us strong. — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept. — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I simply wish my parents would have taught me about speciesism and how it was just as evil as racism, sexism and heterosexism. Sadly,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Have you ever known an alcoholic, a cigarette smoker, or a heroin user to be rational when it came to alcohol, cigarettes, or heroin?… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I've learned in the last 18+ years of interacting with over 60,000 people during my vegan lecture tour, it's that… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Every November, during the certain holiday people love so much, people take a dead turkey, open up the dead turkey’s ass, or carve out… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Placing a halo around your own head by saying 'I am a pacifist' and 'I don't believe in using violent tactics' doesn't make the… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
Sadly and criminally, many self-indulgent inactive pacifists have shunned me for being an outspoken supporter of X's 'by any means necessary' philosophy, even though… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
What we must do is start viewing every cow, pig, chicken, monkey, rabbit, mouse, and pigeon as our family members. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
As for uniqueness, this is virtually nonexistent! And it's a shame that people think they're unique because they have a face ring, retro clothing,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
How would you feel, if the day that you were born, somebody else had already planned the day of your execution? — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If it's not good enough for your eyes, why is it good enough for your stomach? — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
If an 'animal abuser' were killed in a research lab firebombing, I would unequivocally support that, too. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
I am no longer taking part in the intentional, premeditated murder of innocent beings. — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The very best players, when they are practicing, put everything they've got into it. But then they leave it for a while. And it's… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Exactly. I think the original tantric Buddhists took notice of was some very wise old people who never studied in their youth, but took… — Joe Niemczura Copy Share Image
A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One of the things I regret about not putting in that book or I think it's there but I didn't really elaborate on it,… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
My mom and my aunties are really devout Christians. My mom married a Muslim when I was 12, so I got teachings from both… — Tech N9ne Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into and transmitted… — Michelle Sorensen Copy Share Image