Dalai Lama on the religion of kindness

“My religion is very simple.  My religion is kindness.”

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Dalai Lama on the heart’s religion

“This is my simple religion.  There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy.  Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”

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Dalai Lama on love

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.  Without them humanity cannot survive.”

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Self Respect (with thanks to C Hope Clark for her facebook post)

Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy. – Anonymous

 

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Neden?

Neden, neden bu ümitsizlik

sorusuna cevap mı istiyorsun?

Yüzümde daimi bir tebessüm

hiç eksilmesin mi istiyorsun?

Yaşantım boylu boyunca muhteşem

tasasız geçsin mi istiyorsun?

O halde kelimeyi ara “hata” denilen

ara da bul ki anlayasın

pek uzaklarda sanmıyorum olsun

bir de kendine sormayı düşünmüyor musun?

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Sinop (General pictures)

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Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180 AD); Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

“Amor Fati.”

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Jorge Augustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana (1863-1952)

“Das Gedächtnis der Menschen ist das Vermögen, den Bedürfnissen der Gegenwart entsprechend die Vergangenheit umzudeuten.”

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Nazım Hikmet Ran (1902-1963)

I don’t regret what I have lived,
My anger is possibly because of what I haven’t been able to…

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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

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