One of the ironies, as some have observed, is that the secular project has itself become a religion, pursued with religious fervor. It is taking on all the trappings of a religion – including inquisitions and excommunication. Those who defy the creed risk a figurative burning at the stake – social, educational, and professional ostracism and exclusion waged through lawsuits and savage social media campaigns.more William Barr quotes |
I will not dwell on all the bitter results of new secular age. Suffice it to say that the campaign to destroy the traditional moral order has brought with it immense suffering, wreckage, and misery. And yet, the forces of secularism, ignoring these tragic results, press on with even greater militancy. Among these militant secularists are many so-called “progressives.” But where is the progress? We are told we are living in a post-Christian era. But what has replaced the Judeo-Christian moral system? What is it that can fill the spiritual void in the hearts of the individual person? And, what is a system of values that can sustain human social life? The fact is that no secular creed has emerged capable of performing the role of religion.more William Barr quotes |
In the past, when societies are threatened by moral chaos, the overall social costs of licentiousness and irresponsible personal conduct becomes so high that society ultimately recoils and reevaluates the path they are on. But today – in the face of all the increasing pathologies – instead of addressing the underlying cause, we have the State in the role of Alleviator of Bad Consequences. We call on the State to mitigate the social costs of personal misconduct and irresponsibility. So the reaction to growing illegitimacy is not sexual responsibility, but abortion. The reaction to drug addiction is safe injection sites. The solution to the breakdown of the family is for the State to set itself up as the ersatz husband for single mothers and the ersatz father to their children. The call comes for more and more social programs to deal with the wreckage. While we think we are solving problems, we are underwriting them. We start with an untrammeled freedom and we end up as dependents of a coercive state on whom we depend.more William Barr quotes |
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.more Buddha quotes |
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.more Buddha quotes |
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.more Buddha quotes |
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.more Buddha quotes |
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.more Buddha quotes |
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.more Buddha quotes |
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.more Buddha quotes |
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.more Buddha quotes |
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle.more Buddha quotes |
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.more Buddha quotes |
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.more Buddha quotes |
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.more Buddha quotes |
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.more Buddha quotes |
Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings…that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.more Buddha quotes |
Do not dwell in the past, do not dwell in the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.more Buddha quotes |
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Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.more Buddha quotes |
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.more Buddha quotes |
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.more Buddha quotes |
Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.more Buddha quotes |
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You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.more Buddha quotes |
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.more Buddha quotes |
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.more Buddha quotes |
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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.more Buddha quotes |
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.more Buddha quotes |
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.more Buddha quotes |
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.more Buddha quotes |
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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.more Buddha quotes |
All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world.more Buddha quotes |
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All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.more Buddha quotes |
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?more Buddha quotes |
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.more Buddha quotes |
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.more Buddha quotes |
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.more Buddha quotes |
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.more Buddha quotes |
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.more Buddha quotes |
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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.more Buddha quotes |
