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The antidote for envy is to practice equanimity
of self and others.
—Gampopa -
An envious person will never be happy.
—Patrul Rinpoche -
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
—Nelson Mandela -
The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.
—Bette Midler -
You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.
—Margaret Atwood -
The antidote for pride is to place yourself in other’s position.
—Gampopa -
Proud people will never be content.
—Patrul Rinpoche -
Peacock hide him foot
when him hear 'bout him tail.
—Jamaican Proverb -
You cannot teach a man anything,
you can only help him find it within himself.
—Galileo -
To be free from suffering,
free yourself from attachments.
—Gautama Buddha -
Just for today, I have everything I need.
—Unknown -
You work to turn the ghosts that haunt you into ancestors who accompany you.
—Bruce Springsteen, “Born to Run” -
When we act out of anger we punish others and ourselves. Our equanimity evaporates.
—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche -
If hatred lingers, it can never be reconciled.
—Patrul Rinpoche -
Anger is never without a reason,
but seldom with a good one.
—Benjamin Franklin -
Don’t confuse your thoughts about a situation with what is happening in a situation.
—John D. Dunne -
To have an experience is not necessarily to know that one is having it.
—John D. Dunne -
It is insight that transforms the emotion
into wisdom.
—John D. Dunne -
We can control how we respond to our emotions, next time, perhaps you delay your response.
—Unknown -
Sometimes you gotta get through your fear to see the beauty on the other side.
—Pixar's The Good Dinosaur -
Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone
except yourself.
—Gautama Buddha
