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  • Things are simply the way they are. They don't give us suffering. Like a thorn: Does a sharp thorn give us suffering? No. It's simply a thorn. It doesn't give suffering to anybody. If we step on it, we suffer immediately. Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ajahn Chah Quotes , Giving Quotes , Suffering Quotes
  • He who is gracious to his lover under the impression that he is rich, and is disappointed of his gains because he turns out to be poor, is disgraced all the same: for he has done his best to show that he would give himself up to any one's "uses base" for the sake of money; but this is not honourable.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Plato Quotes , Giving Quotes , Use Quotes
  • Mind is knowledge, meditation is non-knowledge. Mind knows, meditation experiences. Mind can only give you a certain acquaintance but not the taste. If you want the taste of the Tao you have to move to no-mind, to Meditation.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Rajneesh Quotes , Moving Quotes , Giving Quotes
  • One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little. They should not conceal so much from them. How well even little children understand that their parents conceal things from them, because they consider them too young to understand! Children are capable of giving advice in the most important matters.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Children Quotes , Giving Quotes