Quotes of the Week - June 17, 2008:
"I think that, in retrospect, I could have used a different rhetoric.
Phrases such as 'bring them on' or 'dead of alive' indicated to people
that I was, you know, not a man of peace." -- US President George
W Bush regrets being so hawkish over Iraq.
"The nation will live to regret what the court has done today."
-- US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia after the court rules foreign
terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay can challenge their detention in US
courts.
"He didn't like the nose" -- Courtroom sketch artist Janet
Hamlin on the response of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed
mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, after he saw a sketch of himself.
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Buddha Quotes, Famous Buddha Quotes, Quotations, Sayings
A
dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker.
A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker. Buddha
A
family is a place where minds come in contact with one another.
If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful
as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with
one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden. Buddha
A
good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes
evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden
treasure. Buddha
A
wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does
not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering. Buddha
All
that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man
speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a
man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him,
like a shadow that never leaves him. Buddha
An
insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast;
a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound
your mind. Buddha
Believe
nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter
if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and
your own common sense. Buddha
Do
not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do
not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored
by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found
written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything
merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not
believe in traditions because they have been handed down for
many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you
find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the
good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up
to it. Buddha
Do
not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate
the mind on the present moment. Buddha
Do
not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who
envies others does not obtain peace of mind. Buddha
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