Geshe Kelsang Gyatso‏@Geshe_Kelsang26 Dec

States of mind that disturb our inner peace, such as anger, jealousy, and desirous attachment, are called delusions.

LadyLavender‏@LadyLavender1226 Dec
Buddhism is so much more than just words in a book, it's practice and the cultivation of compassion & awareness.

There is, O monks, a realm, where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind, neither the sphere of boundless consciousness, nor the sphere of nothingness, nor the sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, neither this world nor the next world, nor both together, nor moon and sun. This, O monks, I call neither a going, nor a coming, nor a standing, nor dying, nor being born. It is without a foothold, without a beginning, without a foundation. This indeed is the end of suffering.
- Udana 8.1

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred.
- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"

Like a fine stallion Struck with a whip, Be ardent & chastened. Through conviction Virtue, persistence, Concentration, judgment, Consummate in knowledge & conduct, Mindful, You'll abandon this not-insignificant pain.
- Dhammapada, 10, translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

What does the spring wind have in mind, Coming day and night to these groves and gardens? It never asks who owns the peach and damson trees But blows away their crimson without a word.
- Ch'i-chi, "Clouds Should Know Me By Now"