Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
Gautama BuddhaRead
One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .
Interpretation
A single act of genuine love can be more impactful than all the rituals and prayers devoted to deities.
This quote emphasizes the profound value of love and altruism over mere religious observance. Gautama Buddha suggests that true love expressed through selfless actions, like saving a life, holds more significance than many traditional religious practices, which may lack the same depth of personal connection and compassion.
In practice
In a speech about community service, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of helping others.
Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.
A kind man who makes good use of wealth is rightly said to possess a great treasure; but the miser who hoards up his riches will have no profit.
There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.
When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.
The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.
So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart still be as loving, And the moon still be as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul outwears the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we'll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon.
Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that.
There,β she said softly. βNow he could be sleeping.
I think youβre beautiful, the only beautiful person Iβve ever seen. I love your voice and everything to do with you, down to your clothes or the room you are sitting in. I adore you.
I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, _x000D_ Brags of his substance, not of ornament: _x000D_ They are but beggars that can count their worth; _x000D_ But my true love is grown to such excess, _x000D_ I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
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