"In the practice of exchanging self & other,……" — Robert Thurman
"In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound."
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23 Quotes by Robert Thurman
Robert Thurman has 23 quotes on this site.
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The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of…
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Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to…
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The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person.
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Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is…
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The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of…
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Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not…
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Commercial interests with their advertising industry do not want people to develop contentment and less greed. Military interests in economic,…
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To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of…
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Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy.
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To become enlightened is not just to slip into some disconnected euphoria, an oceanic feeling of mystic oneness apart from…
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Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be;…
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Within our own society, we jail more prisoners than any other country in the world, 85 percent of them people…
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More Abound Quotes
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most…
— Teresa of Avila
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Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.
— Joseph Addison
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
— Mel Brooks
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
— Samuel Butler
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No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness…
— Archibald Alexander
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Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.
— W. S. Gilbert
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Where guilty is, rage and courage doth abound.
— Ben Jonson
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Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known…
— Algernon Sidney
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Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many…
— Charles Lyell
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Stereotypes abound when there is distance. They are an invention, a pretense that one knows when the steps that would…
— Bell Hooks
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The main task for us all is that of a new evangelization aimed at helping younger generations to rediscover the…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.
— Alain de Botton
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