--- title: "16 Differences Quotes By Frederick Lenz" description: "16 Differences quotes by Frederick Lenz. Plus more from Frederick Lenz and more Differences sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-rich-aren-t-happy-so-they-try-and-ge_2247058.jpg" --- > [The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. They try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-rich-aren-t-happy-so-they-try-and-get-richer-thinking-it-will/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-rich-aren-t-happy-so-they-try-and-ge_2247058.jpg) > [Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/wisdom-is-to-see-the-difference-between-nirvana-and-this-world-this/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_wisdom-is-to-see-the-difference-between_1757278.jpg) > [Discrimination, viveka, means you know the difference between the transient and the eternal. That's what discrimination means in Shankara's yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/discrimination-viveka-means-you-know-the-difference-between-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/frederick-lenz-8_differences_discrimination-viveka-means-you-know-the_2930678.jpg) > [A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-amount-of-the-mystical/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/frederick-lenz-8_again-and-again_a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-am_2992.jpg) > [When there's no difference, there's no time, no world, no separativity - and there's no you ... nor is there an I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-there-s-no-difference-there-s-no-time-no-world-no-separativity/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/frederick-lenz-8_differences_when-there-s-no-difference-there-s-no-ti_1400598.jpg) > [For a person who lives in time, differences are the most important thing because they represent your existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/for-a-person-who-lives-in-time-differences-are-the-most-important/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/frederick-lenz-8_differences_for-a-person-who-lives-in-time-differenc_286443.jpg) > [There is a difference between willing and forcing. Willing something simply means you are not being lazy. Forcing something means you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-is-a-difference-between-willing-and-forcing-willing-something/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/frederick-lenz-8_being-lazy_there-is-a-difference-between-willing-an_167357.jpg) > [There is a big difference between the lower samadhis and the upper samadhis, like the difference between the Sierras and the Himalayas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-is-a-big-difference-between-the-lower-samadhis-and-the-upper/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/frederick-lenz-8_bigs_there-is-a-big-difference-between-the-lo_290451.jpg) > [There is a large difference between spacing out in the lower occult astral planes, weird, junky, fuzzy energy, and meditation. Meditation is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-is-a-large-difference-between-spacing-out-in-the-lower-occult/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/frederick-lenz-8_astral_there-is-a-large-difference-between-spac_2604004.jpg) > [If you think it makes a difference if I have ten thousand sports cars, ten million girlfriends and lead a very flashy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-think-it-makes-a-difference-if-i-have-ten-thousand-sports-cars/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_if-you-think-it-makes-a-difference-if-i_1849827.jpg) > [There's no difference between winning and losing. They are the same type of experience. Winning and losing are sensorial, affixed to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-s-no-difference-between-winning-and-losing-they-are-the-same/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/frederick-lenz-8_blocked_there-s-no-difference-between-winning-an_1717109.jpg) > [What makes a difference is when we take our mind and put it into the scriptures, when we read the Buddhist Canon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/what-makes-a-difference-is-when-we-take-our-mind-and-put-it-into-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/frederick-lenz-8_bible_what-makes-a-difference-is-when-we-take_1119837.jpg) > [Of course, there are the old hardcore teacher types like me who sit around and tell jokes, realizing, what's the difference anyway…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/of-course-there-are-the-old-hardcore-teacher-types-like-me-who-sit/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/frederick-lenz-8_all-time_of-course-there-are-the-old-hardcore-tea_2553558.jpg) > [In Zen we strive to bring both the mind and the body into perfect combination, so that there is no intrinsic difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-zen-we-strive-to-bring-both-the-mind-and-the-body-into-perfect/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/frederick-lenz-8_athletics_in-zen-we-strive-to-bring-both-the-mind_1086738.jpg) > [Nirvana is a step beyond. You dissolve into the universe. The universe dissolves into you until there is no longer a difference.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-step-beyond-you-dissolve-into-the-universe-the-universe/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd9/frederick-lenz-8_differences_nirvana-is-a-step-beyond-you-dissolve-in_1379674.jpg) > [Some of the most exalted states of consciousness I experienced were in bed with someone, alone, or with my spiritual teacher. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/some-of-the-most-exalted-states-of-consciousness-i-experienced-were/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/frederick-lenz-8_bed_some-of-the-most-exalted-states-of-consc_910520.jpg) ## Other authors on Differences - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/richard-branson/) - [Mark Twain 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/dalai-lama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-audre-lorde-15604.jpg) Audre Lorde 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/audre-lorde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-james-95592.jpg) William James 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/william-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. Maxwell 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-rohn-49870.jpg) Jim Rohn 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/jim-rohn/) - [Aristotle 17 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/aristotle/) ## More by Frederick Lenz > [There are places that are very draining. There are places where there is another dimensional crossover but to a dimension that is not powerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-places-that-are-very-draining-there-are-places-where-there/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-can-draw-power-from-everything-in-your-life-in-order-to-do-that/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everyone will admire you when you do well. What a horrible thing to do to someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everyone-will-admire-you-when-you-do-well-what-a-horrible-thing-to-do/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-word-that-means-enlightenment-being-beyond-the-illusion/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-the-most-miraculous-thing-is-learning-i-get-out-of-the-way/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-choose-to-draw-from-the-inner-well-of-free-will-then-you-can/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [A human being can only absorb a small amount of the mystical kundalini, you can be exposed again and again to it, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-human-being-can-only-absorb-a-small-amount-of-the-mystical/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightened-people-live-in-very-charged-states-of-attention-with-a/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Only alone can you go into eternity. Only alone can you feel the transcendental light. It is not a shared experience because if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/only-alone-can-you-go-into-eternity-only-alone-can-you-feel-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/balance-is-the-ability-to-be-happy-in-the-midst-of-the-most-chaotic/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [The sound man, immune as to a sacrifice of straw dogs, faces the passing human generations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-sound-man-immune-as-to-a-sacrifice-of-straw-dogs-faces-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Karma means changing planes of reality or changing fields of attention. There will be perhaps a resulting physical action stemming from the change of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/karma-means-changing-planes-of-reality-or-changing-fields-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [You and I are both life. There's just the experience of every moment. We like to call them moments. There isn't really such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-and-i-are-both-life-there-s-just-the-experience-of-every-moment/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Why waste your time being around people who drag you down? You don't live forever, at least in this life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/why-waste-your-time-being-around-people-who-drag-you-down-you-don-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [Everybody here is so caught up in the game of life they don't see death. They don't see beyond their deaths. They are on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/everybody-here-is-so-caught-up-in-the-game-of-life-they-don-t-see/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/frederick-lenz/#itemlist", "name": "16 Differences Quotes By Frederick Lenz", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The rich aren't happy so they try and get richer thinking it will make a difference. The poor aren't happy. 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