Age Quote by Shantideva Download Open image “In the ages marked by scarcity and want, may I myself appear as drink and sustenance.” — Shantideva ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Age Drink May Scarcity Sustenance Want
“Drinking the cup of life is fully appropriating and internalizing our own unique existence, with all its sorrows and joys. It is not easy… — Henri J.M. Nouwen Copy Share Image
We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Unrestrained automobility, hedonism, individualism, and conspicuous consumption cannot be sustained because they take more than they give back. A spiritually impoverished world cannot be sustained because meaninglessness, anomie, and despair will corrode the desire to be sustained and the belief that humanity is worth sustaining. But these are the very things that distinguish the modern age from its predecessors, Genuine… — David W. Orr Copy Share
“...eating is the purest mode of consumption. Our purchases are statements about our social class, our friends, and our beliefs. Buying something as continually… — Evan D.G. Fraser Copy Share Image
“Consumption isn’t just about taking—it’s also about sharing, repurposing, and honoring the life cycle of the things we use.” — Ken Breniman Copy Share Image
The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world. — John Robbins Copy Share Image
“You are what you consume, and as an organism and consciousness, you in fact become a commodity and predator yourself.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The journey to financial freedom starts the MINUTE you decide you were destined for prosperity, not scarcity- for abundance, not lack. Isn't there a… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
The myth of unending consumption has taken the place of the belief in life everlasting. — Ivan Illich Copy Share Image
Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals. — Shantideva Copy Share Image
All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others. — Shantideva Copy Share Image
Examine thus yourself from every side. Note harmful thoughts and every futile striving. Thus it is that heroes in the bodhisattva path Apply the… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
All those who slight me to my face, Or do me any other evil, Even if they blame or slander me, May they attain… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things? — Shantideva Copy Share Image
It is natural for the immature to harm others. Getting angry with them is like resenting a fire for burning. — Shantideva Copy Share Image
“May the blind see the forms, May the deaf hear sounds. May the naked find clothing, The hungry find food; May the thirsty find… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
When I first started writing, when I was 15, I would go to work with people and they would tell me my lyrics were… — Sabrina Claudio Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion. — Marion Jones Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I am just enjoying the dream of being Milan coach at the age of 40. — Gennaro Gattuso Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I live up to the age of 80, then I end up using 450 toothbrushes in my life. All that… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
