Quote of the Day ~ 5
05.11.2014 § Leave a comment
“A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.” – Mahatma Gandhi
St. Viator High School
17.06.2014 § Leave a comment
One day I received an email forwarded from my meditation center. A catholic father who taught a world religion class was looking for someone to come to his junior/senior class for a Q&A on Buddhism. St. Viator High School is about a 15 minutes drive from Brentano, so I answered his call and have been going to his class every year for five years. « Read the rest of this entry »
Quote of the Day ~ 3
24.07.2013 § Leave a comment
“Wisdom is not knowledge, nor experience, nor dialectic thoughts, rather it is an attitude of transcending self-centeredness.”
– translation from Chinese text by Chan Master Sheng Yen
Quote of the Day ~ 2
08.02.2013 § Leave a comment
My search page this morning had a portrait sketch of James Dean and his quote, “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” Terrific! What a lucid understanding of life. I did not know that James Dean was so wise—on top of being handsome.
Quote of the Day
15.03.2012 § Leave a comment
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
I read this when I feel defeated.
