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Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.


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We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.

We suffer because we want life to be different from what it is. We suffer because we try to make pleasurable what is painful, to make solid what is fluid, to make permanent what is always changing.



Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.

Our power comes not from suppressing others but from uplifting them.



This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.



Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.

Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.



Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind.



If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?

If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?



The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.



Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.

Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it.



We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.

We humans have come to a crossroads in our history: we can either destroy the world or create a good future.



The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.





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Successes don't teach you much, but mistakes? That's a learning situation.

Successes don't teach you much, but mistakes? That's a learning situation.




We're cool, " I say calmly, although I feel something else. I feel... sad. Like I've lost something I never quite had.

We're cool, " I say calmly, although I feel something else. I feel... sad. Like I've lost something I never quite had.



If you look at any designer you admire, whose work inspires you, and whose approach somehow resonates with you, I promise you'll find a person who does not think of what they do as just their job

If you look at any designer you admire, whose work inspires you, and whose approach somehow resonates with you, I promise you'll find a person who does not think of what they do as just their job



I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.

I'm very interested in my new kitchen equipment shop. I've started it with two friends.



Honer and self sacrifice. Death does not diminish these qualities in a soldier. We shall remember.

Honer and self sacrifice. Death does not diminish these qualities in a soldier. We shall remember.



After several minutes, picture that your entire body is merging with the blue sky. Feel that you have become the infinite blue sky that stretches endlessly in every direction.

After several minutes, picture that your entire body is merging with the blue sky. Feel that you have become the infinite blue sky that stretches endlessly in every direction.



Each moment is a moment of choice ~ a time to leave the old, the limited, the restrained, and the contracted for the new, the unbound, and the liberating potential that expands before you.

Each moment is a moment of choice ~ a time to leave the old, the limited, the restrained, and the contracted for the new, the unbound, and the liberating potential that expands before you.



Maybe you have thought that doing... little kindnesses doesn't make much difference, but as Alma said, "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass."

Maybe you have thought that doing... little kindnesses doesn't make much difference, but as Alma said, "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass."



The Fed is the biggest enemy of this economy. In fact, Ben Bernanke, as far as I'm concerned, he's public enemy No. 1. We're never going to have a recovery while this guy's in charge.

The Fed is the biggest enemy of this economy. In fact, Ben Bernanke, as far as I'm concerned, he's public enemy No. 1. We're never going to have a recovery while this guy's in charge.




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This page presents the quote "Being human is a precious situation, and we shouldn't waste time in useless activities.". Author of this quote is Sakyong Mipham. This quote is about time, waste, situation, useless, being human,.