Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dalai Lama

According to Buddhist practice, there are three stages or steps. The initial stage is to reduce attachment towards life. The second stage is the elimination of desire and attachment to this samsara. Then in the third stage, self-cherishing is eliminated

Dalai Lama

I myself feel, and also tell other Buddhists that the question of Nirvana will come later. There is not much hurry. If in day to day life you lead a good life, honesty, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to Nirvana.

Dalai Lama

First one must change. I first watch myself, check myself, then expect changes from others.

Dalai Lama

One has to try to develop one's inner feelings, which can be done simply by training one's mind. This is a priceless human asset and one you don't have to pay income tax on!

Dalai Lama

I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.

Dalai Lama

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

Dalai Lama

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

Dalai Lama

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Dalai Lama

We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored.

I know costs go up. But I can't support a budget that went up 7 percent in these times. We could have found savings.

Cindy Sheehan

I know my son. And I know he would say, 'I don't want any more of my buddies killed just because I'm dead. I want my buddies to come home alive,

I hope nobody is making judgments about the inquiry before it's done. Bud will make whatever decision Bud makes and we'll go from there.

I haven't voted for a budget in four years. I think this year things went a lot better because we were all in the room.

I really have fun every day I do it. I'm a grown man, I get to put on Spandex, get in the fastest flexible flyer in the world and have fun with my buddies all day long. You can't get any better than that.

I put in work for my neighborhood. Hundreds of bills, measures, budget items, and hearings. I always tried to make it a point to stay late, to always run the longest hearings, to carry nearly the most bills. The tragedy was that of the 18 years I was in Sacramento, 16 years were under Republican governors.

Richard Gephardt

I plead with members, turn down this budget, and let's do a budget that doesn't send this country back into deficits,

In the past, when we had the more difficult budget years, it was considered successful if we were able to retain $65 million in general fund money for the Centennial Highway Fund.

Chesty Puller

In the Marine Corps, your buddy is not only your classmate or fellow officer, but he is also the Marine under your command. If you don't prepare yourself to properly train him, lead him, and support him on the battlefield, then you're going to let him down. That is unforgivable in the Marine Corps.

In the midst of budget reviews for 1998, this is clearly an appropriate time for such a review.

In the budget climate of California, the governor feels he shouldn't unduly burden the taxpayers.

In terms of fiscal policy very little is expected from the budget.

Felix Sabates

I gave Robby an unlimited budget for Indy and he managed to exceed that.

In 1946, I re-enrolled at the University of Budapest in order to obtain a Ph.D. in philosophy with minors in sociology and in psychology.

in a budget crisis of its own making.

Bob Elliott

I guess we still look forward to any other input, but it looks like the budget will be workable at 3.5 mills, ... I don't think we need any more than that right now. We can't go any lower than that unless we generate money somewhere else, and I don't know where that somewhere else would be. The millage is where we need it to be to do what we need to.

If there is a chance to pass the budget in time then parliament will not be dissolved but if there is a crisis, then yes it could happen.

It ends up resulting in a reduction in what we're able to accomplish, because we have to make adjustments with our budget to stay within budget and deliver services that are needed.

Richard Gephardt

I suggest to members that we're making a mistake with this budget, ... It's a $2 trillion-plus tax cut that mostly goes to the richest Americans.

Riley Smith

I have way too many hobbies. I play guitar, and my buddies and I record music in a studio in my house. I have a couple of vintage Jeeps I'm always working on, fixing up. And I ride horses - I grew up on a horse ranch - and play basketball. I need to cut back on my hobbies so I can work more.

Stephen Harper

I'm confident the budget will be well-received by Canadians.

Ken Buck

I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government.

Scott Eastwood

I'm at the beach all the time. I surf. I fish. I dive. These things on Instagram are really my life with my buddies doing my normal day-to-day stuff. I happen to be shirtless a lot.

Rodrigo Santoro

I'm a spiritual person. I'm not very religious. I was raised Catholic, but I am influenced a lot by Buddhism and Hinduism.