A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness
In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.
I was playing with pencils while the other girls were playing with dolls.
I said that I’m a fairy… and I prefer to dance and fly with the butterfly but they made me talk and walk - and I hate walking and talking.
I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother.
I would compete in unicorn back riding! Why? Because we are from the same fairytale.
In the Story of Reality a man is a helpless slave - enslaved to his own passions, the flesh, and enslaved to a cruel master, the devil - a slave who God Himself rescues and adopts into His own family. It is the very worst news coupled with the very best news.
Many of us are frightened to look within ourselves, and fear has us put up walls so thick we no longer remember who we really are.
Happy indeed are the arahants! No craving can be found in them. Cut off is the conceit 'I am,' Burst asunder is delusion's net.
Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.