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1 " Love one another." If we took those simple words to heart, we'd already be the Buddhas Jesus wanted us to be. "
2 " Who knew, or cared, the names of the Turks who blew the roof off the Parthenon? the mullahs who had ordered the destruction of the Buddhas at Bamiyan? Yet living or dead: their acts stood. It was the worst kind of immortality. Intentionally or no: I had extinguished a light at the heart of the world. "
― Donna Tartt , The Goldfinch
3 " I know everything's alright but I want proof and the Buddhas and the Virgin Marys are there reminding me of the solemn pledge of faith in this harsh and stupid earth where we rage our so-called lives in a sea of worry, meat for Chicagos of Graves - right this minute my very father and my very brother lie side by side in mud in the North and I'm supposed to be smarter than they are - being quick I am dead. "
― Jack Kerouac , Tristessa
4 " You yourself must make the effort. The buddhas are only teachers. "
