Facing reality Quote by Gautama Buddha Download Open image “All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.” — Gautama Buddha ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Facing reality Humans Nature of man Reality Sadness Unhappiness
Human beings need unhappiness at least as much as they need happiness. — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
Unhappiness does not come from the way things are, but from the difference between how things are and how we think they should be — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe half of the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves. — William James Copy Share Image
All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
All unhappiness is caused by our trying to be limited, to be an ego. The more we are our Self, the happier we are.… — Lester Levenson Copy Share Image
Unhappiness can stem from having only one perspective to play with. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Give thanks for what had been given to you, However little. Be pure, never falter. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Speak only the speech that neither torments self nor does harm to others. That speech is truly well spoken. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
If one is the master of oneself, one is the resort one can depend on; therefore, one should control oneself of all. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind. It is a way of viewing the world, of facing reality… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
The art of managing and leading comes down to a simple thing. Determining and facing reality about people, situations, products, and then acting decisively… — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Just like Sept. 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat. I think it's just facing… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy annoys me, people need to look into mirrors. Let me hold a mirror in front of your face — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Long ago she'd learned that facing reality was inevitable. She could skulk about, trying to avoid it or pretending it wasn't there. But in… — Tamera Alexander Copy Share Image
Emotional sickness is avoiding reality at any cost. Emotional health is facing reality at any cost. — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
“Many survivors struggle to believe the abuse happened. They don’t want to believe it. It’s too painful to think about. They don’t want to… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
“Keep your innocence and ignorance aside, and expose yourself to dangerous situations, and understand the deeper secrets of life.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“For a year, Johnny lived the new, brutal truth that he was on his own. But that's the way it was. What had been… — John Hart Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow. It can… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
