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Month: November 2015

  • November 27th, 2015 7:37pm

    damelizabeth:

    “What is beauty? It lies in the eye of the beholder, say cautious philosophers. But there is beauty universal: a dawn, a sunset, the silver rippling of a book, nature in all her magical manifestations. Woman’s beauty, however, is a controversy itself, a thing written in duels as well as drawing-room debates. Unless, of course, the woman is Elizabeth Taylor. A femme fatale even in her teens, today a strange combination of aloofness and sensuousness, she walks in beauty as few others. And this is so whether the camera catches her aware or unaware, under whatever light, in whatever fleeting mood.” –The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, by Gerold Frank.

  • November 16th, 2015 3:38pm

    I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed. The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger, and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share. Although I have found my own Buddhist religion helpful in generating love and compassion, even for those we consider our enemies, I am convinced that everyone can develop a good heart and a sense of universal responsibility with or without religion.

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    His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, in his speech of acceptance to the Peace Nobel Prize in 1989. (via trevoredwards)

    I feel like this especially rings true now.