Secular Buddhism Quotes

“It’s there and it’s scary and at some point it’s going to jump out to scare you, but instead of saying “life’s not fair” or “why is this happening to me?” now you’ll remember “I was told that this could happen.”
― Noah Rasheta, Secular Buddhism: Eastern Thought for Western Minds

“It’s not happiness that makes us grateful; it’s gratefulness that makes us happy.” - Brother David Steindl-rast”
― Noah Rasheta, Secular Buddhism: Eastern Thought for Western Minds

“Adhering to the moral code of another place and time, may not be the wisest form of action for our specific time and place.”
― Noah Rasheta, Secular Buddhism: Eastern Thought for Western Minds

“H.L. Mencken says “morality is doing what’s right regardless of what you’re told. Obedience is doing what you’re told regardless of what is right.”
― Noah Rasheta, Secular Buddhism: Eastern Thought for Western Minds

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso." – Pablo Picasso”
― Noah Rasheta, Secular Buddhism: Eastern Thought for Western Minds