The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
Obviously being relaxed doesn't mean that you make no effort.
We do look for inspiration amongst our own sex. Why not? You go into temples and they're full of all the lineage lamas who are male. What message does that give to a young girl, except that somehow she got trapped in the wrong body because of bad things she did in a past life?
If you're meeting with the dharma, you have probably been a human being before.
The world is full of incredible people who are embodiments of compassion. Some of them have a spiritual path; some of them don't.
When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.
To me the special quality (which of course many men have as well) is first of all a sharpness, a clarityIt cuts through - especially intellectual ossification. Itgets to the point. To me the dakini principle stands for the intuitive force.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepts blacks in the top ten percent of students, but at MIT this puts them in the bottom ten percent of the class.
What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck.
The home is the chief school of human virtues.
Ruth's writing is so joyful, funny and uplifting; it's always a real treat of a read.