Famous Quotes & Sayings

Russell Brand

Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.

Sara Bareilles

I do a lot of reading on Buddhist philosophy, and a Buddhist nun named Pema Chödrön talks a lot about acceptance. It's one of the main tenets of Buddhism - accepting that what is, is. The root of our suffering is when we just don't want to accept a truth. We want something to be different than it is.

Richard Gere

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.

Vera Farmiga

I'm someone who can sit in a Buddhist temple, and I can sit with Pentecostals or with Orthodox Jews, and I still feel like I am in tune with all of them.

Sharon Salzberg

In Buddhist teaching, ignorance is considered the fundamental cause of violence - ignorance... about the separation of self and other... about the consequences of our actions.

Neale Donald Walsch

I think that whatever we encounter in life, we want to encourage a balance between the mind and the soul...and that is to consider about 50% data from the mind and 50% data from the soul. This is what Buddhists call, "the middle way."

Morrie Schwartz

Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did we would do things differently. Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, "Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

Milarepa

Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.

Milarepa

Know emptiness, Be compassionate.

Anne Hendricks

Kids love it. They get learning experiences out of it. They learn what having a job is. What responsibility is. How that math lesson you hate to do will come in handy.

Jerry Nelson

John Belushi always hated the puppets. He just hated them with a passion.

Tichina Arnold

I took the role of Rochelle in 'Everybody Hates Chris,' and that was it. I was going to play mother roles all the time. Once you do one mother role, it's always a trickle down effect.

Shania Twain

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

Diddy Puff

Haters wanna stop my lute,they don't want me wearing Sean John, they want me wearing lawn suits.

William Story

Hate me an hour, and then turn roundAnd love me truly, just one minute.

Clara Taylor

Hate is not a word we use in our home. I don't hate them. I just want justice done.

Carolyn Freeman

I thought what a wonderful thing it is to leave a legacy to this world, which he has, because his music is his legacy. I hated to see it just go away.

Craig Venter

I was a horrible student. I really hated school.

Wanda Sykes

I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.

Rod Stewart

Everybody sung in my family.

Wislawa Szymborska

No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.

Mila Kunis

I don't know what it's like to not work; my family embedded that in me.

Khaled Hosseini

My family left Afghanistan in 1976, well before the Communist coup and the Soviet invasion. We certainly thought we would be going back. But when we saw those Soviet tanks rolling into Afghanistan, the prospect for return looked very dim. Few of us, I have to say, envisioned that nearly a quarter century of bloodletting would follow.

Paul Walker

My family's really close.

Linda Ronstadt

I thought everybody could sing, because everybody in my family could.

Louie Anderson

Let me tell you about my family.

Haywood Nelson

I stayed close to my family. My family never changed.