Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind.… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee? He whose mind… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
“To my mind, governments are bound to provide against unemployment so far as they may, and then to provide for the unemployed.… — Joseph Casper Husslein Copy Share Image
The first thing to remember is the dual nature of your mind. The subconscious mind is constantly amenable to the power of… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
“A grateful mind is a great mind,’’ and the Bible agrees. There are 138 passages of Scripture on the subject of thanksgiving,… — Robert J. Morgan Copy Share Image
“Still In the fall, I believe again in poetry if nothing else it is a movement of the mind. Summers ball together… — Jaakko A. Ahokas Copy Share Image
What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
“[...] as I have seen with other people whose sense of their work is vocational rather than pragmatic, my desire to write,… — Stephanie Dowrick Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll have an end in mind, but it's always false, always corny, just a dumb idea anyone could have, sitting on… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
“A feeble body makes a feeble mind. I do not know what doctors cure us of, but I know this: they infect… — Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Copy Share Image
“Everyone would believe her because at the back of their minds, everyone thinks that twin brothers and sisters grow up magnetized towards… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“The fact is if we followed the history of every little country in this world—in its dramatic as well as its quiet… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I would in fact tend to have more confidence in the outcome of a democratic decision if there was a minority that… — Jurgen Habermas Copy Share Image
Plotinus, when he thinks about mind or intellect, the Greek word is 'nous', he thinks about something that's very different, it's much… — Peter Adamson Copy Share Image
I am a military girlfriend. I hold no formal recognition with the powers that be. I am at the bottom of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Now for St. Francis nothing was ever in the background. We might say that his mind had no background, except perhaps that… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Human-heartedness is man's mind. Righteousness is man's path. How sad that he abandons that path and does not rely on it; that… — Mencius Copy Share Image
“When I first took time off from my profession to write the Bound to Eve story, some people wondered if I had… — John Arthur Lee Copy Share Image
“What I'd like to read is a scientific review, by a scientific psychologist--if any exists--of 'A Scientific Man and the Bible'. By… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“It’s just … You know. You drive me crazy. You’ve always driven me crazy." I think my mind is now all over… — Charlotte Stein Copy Share Image
“I think of that, too: her mind. Her brain, all those coils, and her thoughts shuttling through those coils like fast, frantic… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“...you could see the man being formed, and kew the man to be your good and true friend, as long as life… — Brian Doyle Copy Share Image
“Hazel wanted to ask him what he was thinking, what he was feeling, if he was regretting the witch or was just… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
The things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
“I knew all the time that it was all nonsense, but I couldn't understand in the least what it meant, or who… — Arthur Machen Copy Share Image
The current perception I get from the evening news is that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Recalling it afterwards, that moment stood out in his mind vividly, distinctly, for ever; he could not make out how he had… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Poetry is that sentiment of the soul, or faculty of the mind, which enables its possessor to appreciate and realize the heights… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them...with something very perverse and brutal. Printers, binders,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
If a person tells you; I can find someone better than you just laugh and forgive them, because you are unique in… — Harsh Vardhan Copy Share Image
“Be kind to your body, gentle with your mind and patient with your heart. Stay true to your spirit, cherish your soul… — Becca Lee Copy Share Image
“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“If our thoughts are slumping down into a muddling pie of oblivion, we must empower our minds to go beyond vain details… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I want to make sure that I am the leader that respects the fact that kids all over the city and hopefully… — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
![“Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho/spiritual growth away from evil/death and a turning to God/life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by…” quote by Saint John Chrysostom](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/0c7/saint-john-chrysostom-2375_ashamed_be-ashamed-when-you-sin-don-t-be-ashamed_2047397.jpg)
![“What is called zazen is sitting on a zafu [pillow] in a quiet room, absolutely still, in the exact and proper position and without uttering a word, the mind empty of any thought, good or wicked. It is continuing to sit peacefully, facing a wall, and nothing more. Every day.” quote by Taisen Deshimaru](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/653/taisen-deshimaru-20366_continuing_what-is-called-zazen-is-sitting-on-a-zaf_2735163.jpg)
![“[...] as I have seen with other people whose sense of their work is vocational rather than pragmatic, my desire to write, to understand things at a depth I can reach in no other way, pushes me to write and go on writing, even when my wants—for an easier or more sociable life, or one less exposed…” quote by Stephanie Dowrick](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/317/stephanie-dowrick-28632_life_as-i-have-seen-with-other-people-whose-s_271176.png)
