Robert Thurman quotes

Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance. (Robert Thurman)
The worldly person is insane from the point of view of the spiritual person. View quote
Robert Thurman
Enlightenment is not meant to be an object of religious faith. It is an evolutionary goal, something we want to become. View quote
Robert Thurman
If someone gets a bigger house, does that automatically make them happy? Maybe for a second. But then they worry about the bigger house and how to take care of it. View quote
Robert Thurman
If your enemy is happy, then why would they be bothered to be your enemy? Being someone's enemy is no fun. It does not add to happiness. View quote
Robert Thurman
When all is lost, when all is let go of, when all is abandoned, what you are left with is an ocean of bliss. View quote
Robert Thurman
You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through. View quote
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Everyone has the same life purpose, which is the quest of happiness for oneself and for others. View quote
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Hate poisons your life. View quote
Robert Thurman
It took me forty years of dealing with buddhism to finally realize that actually Buddha's discovery was happiness and bliss. View quote
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Buddhism is all about science. If science is the systematic pursuit of the accurate knowledge of reality, then science is Buddhism, Buddhism is science. (Robert Thurman)
More than whether you live or die, it's how you are living or dying that is important. View quote
Robert Thurman
A possession can't make you happy. View quote
Robert Thurman
If you love your enemy, that means you want your enemy to be happy. View quote
Robert Thurman
Those caught in the cycle of self-concern suffer helplessly, while the compassionate are more free and, implicitly, more happy. View quote
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In the practice of exchanging self & other, paradoxes abound. View quote
Robert Thurman

Robert Thurman

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Photo: Flickr user Tenzin Nyima, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: Writer
Born: August 3, 1941
Quotes count: 16

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