#lama

Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#compassion #the-dalai-lama #tibetian-buddhism #experience

If there is a true measure of a person's soul, if there is a single gauge of real divinity, of how beautifully a fellow human honors this life, has genuine spiritual fire and is full of honest love and compassion, it has to be right there, in the eyes. The Dalai Lama's eyes sparkle and dance with laughter and unbridled love. The Pope's eyes are dark and glazed, bleak as obsidian marbles. Pat Robertson's eyes are rheumy and hollow, like tiny potholes of old wax. Goldman Sachs cretins, well, they don't use their own eyes at all; they just steal someone else's. ↗

— Mark Morford

#catholicism #dalai-lama #eyes #goldman-sachs #love

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#compassion #dalai-lama #business

With a gentle pressure, our lips met. His hands slipped more firmly about me, and I held myself back, not afraid, but wanting to feel everything slowly as I leaned in, tasting the wine on him, feeling the warmth of his body pressing into mine, breathing in our scents that were mingling and changing with the warmth. My hands rose to find his hair, and I relaxed into him as the silky strands brushed through my fingers. I wanted more, and I leaned into him as our lips moved against each other. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#rachel-morgan #romance #trent-kalamack #change

She just threatened to throw the next man who shoots at you out the window. Megan is awake. She offered to help. God, Trent, what is it with you and women? ↗

— Kim Harrison

#into-the-woods #jenks #the-hollows #trent-kalamack #humor

‎"Based on a true story"? No, thanks. I prefer "based on a true imagination". ↗

— Enkelejd Lamaj

#enkelejd-lamaj #quotes #true-imagination #true-story #imagination

Any girl can be glamorous. All she has to do is stand still and look stupid. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#hedy-lamarr #intelligence #woman #intelligence

The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#hero #anger

Men. You can't live with them...and you can't legally shoot them. I tossed out my husband eight years ago and got a llama instead. Best decision I ever made. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#men #men

I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives. I’m not talking about the short-term gratification of pleasures like sex, drugs or gambling (though I’m not knocking them), but something that will bring true and lasting happiness. The kind that sticks. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#happiness #harm-reduction #talking