It takes no compromise to give people their rights
The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.
Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the abyss.
We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.
Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open. . . The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit comes from the word 'familiarization' - as in familiarization with one's own mind.
The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
Perceived self-efficacy in coping with potential threats leads people to approach such situations anxiously, and experience of disruptive arousal may further lower their sense of efficacy that they will be able to perform skillfully
Capitals are increased by parsimony, and diminished by prodigalityand misconduct. By what a frugal man annually saves he not onlyaffords maintenance to an additional number of productive hands?but?he establishes as it were a perpetual fund for the maintenance of an equal number in all times to come.
Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.
I once read in a Bible commentary that the word "Christian" means "little Christs. " What an honor to share Christ's name! We can be bold to call ourselves Christians and bear the stamp of his character and reputation. When people find out the you are a Christian, they should already have an idea of who you are and what you are like simply because you bear such a precious name.