Common sense isn't.
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| The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. |
| ~George Graham Vest ~ |
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| Have in readiness this saying of Solon, "But we will not give up our virtue in exchange for their wealth." |
| ~ Plutarch, How to profit by our Enemies. ~ |
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| There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues made them great and noble. They possessed a natural majesty that was not put on and taken off at pleasure, as was that of certain eastern monarchs when they put on or took off their garments of Tyrian dye. It is hoped that this is not wholly lost from the world, although the sense of earthly vanity inculcated by Christianity may have swallowed it up in humility. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “Statues in Rome” (1857-58), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). A lecture. ~ |
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| A sensible man may meet with the wise for only a moment or two, but he quickly understands the Dharma, just as the tongue tastes the soup. |
| ~The Fool ~ |
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| Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. |
| ~ Benjamin Franklin, Letter to M. Leroy, 1789. ~ |
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| Guilt, as experienced in Western culture, is connected with hopelessness and discouragement and is past-oriented. Genuine remorse, however, is a healthy state of mind - it is future-oriented, connected with hope, and causes us to act, to change. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, June 11, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| When through rituals and formalities you create the spiritual space and atmosphere that you are seeking, then the process will have a powerful effect on your experience. When you lack the inner dimension for that spiritual experience you are aspiring to, then rituals become mere formalities, external elaborations. In that case, clearly, they lose their meaning and become unnecessary customs - just a good excuse for passing time. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, July 24, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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