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The servant-leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first.
- Robert Greenleaf
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
- A Spiritual Leader
There’s nothing more painful than remembering something happy while you are distressed.
- Dante Alighieri
I think you should listen to your heart. It is there the True One speaks to us most.
- Derek Donais
Scholars who incessantly contemplate acquiring strength and knowledge should also consider it their moral duty to impart knowledge to the ignorant, so that they can develop their mental faculties. This would automatically lead to the latter’s self-development and spiritual progress.
- Vedas
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
- Charles Dickens
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
- J. Courtney Sullivan
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
- Thomas Hardy
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