Do you want to let yourself be defined by your possessions or by your job? I mean this as a serious question, because you could identify yourself with your job or your money or your possessions. Or you could identify yourself with your inner qualities and with happiness. It really is up to you.
17th Karmapa
from the book The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
translated by Ngodup Tsering Burkhar & Damchö Diana Finnegan
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Further quotes from the book The Heart Is Noble:
- Boxing Love with Our Expectations
- Just Love
- Nothing is intrinsically bad
- There are no fixed starting points
- Difference without Division
- Breaking barriers
- Healthy relationships
- Just not been introduced before
- Take joy in your sincere intentions
- Finding our nobility of heart
- Authentic love toward others
- Expanding our sense of ourselves
- There are no fixed starting points
- Open-minded
- Our life is vast
- Greed is a recipe for dissatisfaction
- Balanced Life
- Distinguishing between wants and needs
- Disconnected from our own noble heart
- My trust is a gift