This is how you should contemplate. The world is an idea in the mind to which the word world has been attached. Beyond this idea is the mystery of beingness. But it's not possible to free people from their attachment to the idea--to that which blinds them to the reality--without appropriate methods. So you should tread the path of perfect giving, of patience, energy, meditation, and wisdom. Yet while following these activities, you should remain aware that the world is illusory. It is for the sake of those who do not know that you engage in dynamic and vigorous work and also in meditation and one-pointed attention. Understanding that without wisdom you can do nothing for others, you remain in the perfection of wisdom, which is the awareness that what you are doing is both essential and illusory.
- Prajnaparamita
Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society.
- Joan Ganz Cooney
When you cannot love or hate any more, then where is the charm of life?
- Arthur Schnitzler, "Professor Bernhardi"
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
- Mark Twain
Standing or walking, sitting or lying down, during all these waking hours, let him establish mindfulness of good will, which men call the highest state!
- Buddha
Tough times never last, tough people do.
- Robert Schuller
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