Quotes of the Week - Oct 5, 2008:
"The reality is we're in an urgent situation and the consequences
will get bigger each day we do not act." -- US President George Bush,
on efforts to resurrect the $700 billion financial rescue package aimed
at stabilizing financial markets.
"Sixty-seven percent of the Republican Conference decided to put
political ideology ahead of the best interest of our great nation."
-- U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina,
after the House voted against the $700-billion bailout package.
"I go three, maybe four times a year to get tested for sexually transmitted
infections and most of the time I don't even need to." -- Singer
and TV presenter Kelly Osborne.
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Buddha Quotes, Famous Buddha Quotes, Quotations, Sayings
There
is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there
is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. Buddha
Therefore,
be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold
fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge.
Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those,
who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves
to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their
lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall
reach the topmost height. Buddha
This
Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim,
right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right
mindfulness, right contemplation. Buddha
Thousands
of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life
of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases
by being shared. Buddha
To
be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way
of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Buddha
To
conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. Buddha
To
live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's
own in the midst of abundance. Buddha
Virtue
is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. Buddha
We
are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the
mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. Buddha The Dharmapada
We
are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world. Buddha