Abiding Quote by Shantideva

Cultivation of meditative stability alone, will not destroy the discrimination of inherent existence. Afflictive emotions can return, making all sorts of disturbances

— Gautama Buddha

“Insight + Application = Revelation”

— Christian Michael

“A perpetual state of anxiety over what is ultimately out of our control comes to dominate our lives. Affliction causes anxiety—and anxiety crushes us…

— Kristen Wetherell

“Intellect is the virtue of ignoring one’s emotions’ attempt to contaminate one’s opinions.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I…

— David Bohm

Agitation is that part of our intellectual life where vitality results; there ideas are born, breed and bring forth.

— George Edward Woodberry

The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us.

— Claudius Claudianus

The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.

— Anonymous

AFFLICTION, n. An acclimatizing process preparing the soul for another and bitter world.

— Ambrose Bierce

“CALMNESS of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control.”

— James Allen

“The most uncouth of our afflictions is to despise our being. Rather than trying to cut ourselves in two, we should cease waging civil…

— Alain de Botton

We fancy that our afflictions are sent us directly from above; sometimes we think it in piety and contrition, but oftener in moroseness and…

— Walter Savage Landor