If you lose interest in the dharma, then you might be reborn in a place where you are unlikely to meet with the dharma. And then you're completely off the path.
I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.
Give us being and feeling over having any day.
French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.
Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.
I am a believer in change peu a` peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modifications that don't stick.
French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless.
If I want to free myself from endless cycles of struggling with temptation, I need to keep rediscovering that the pain of the struggle is greater than the pain of the desire. If I develop the habit of restraining myself, I'll enjoy the relief of feeling the desires pass, and I'll remember that desires are not the problem. Feeling pushed around by them is. I'll continue to have desires, of course, because I'm alive, but they'll be more modest in their demands.
Every individual should have a purpose in life which is worthy of intense effort-and constantly work toward the definite goal ahead.
Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.
The style of kindness has changed.