You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes control desire learn
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic. Henepola Gunaratana automaticcompassionlearn Change image and share on social
By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace. Henepola Gunaratana agitatebrainexperience Change image and share on social
The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future. Henepola Gunaratana changeexistenceexperience share on social
We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible. Barack Obama desireeducationgrade share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. Henry Spencer controldutyguy Change image and share on social