To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only. — Mencius Copy Share Image
Since the end of the Cold War, America has been grasping left and right for an identity. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
[Heraclitus had] pride not in logical knowledge but rather in intuitive grasping of the truth. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place… — Charles Eliot Norton Copy Share Image
“Only a mind free of impediment is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world. This is our greatest asset.” — Oliver Bowden Copy Share Image
Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
A lot of the experiences I write about could be described as grasping for boundaries, trying to find the limits of things. — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
Grasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The interests of Oregon for today and in the future must be protected from the grasping wastrels of the land. We must… — Tom McCall Copy Share Image
“Even if you have not awakened, if you realize that your perceptions and activities are all like dreams and you view them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
This power becomes particularly irresistible when exercised by those who, because they hold and control money, are able also to govern credit… — Pope Pius XI Copy Share Image
We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the grasping… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Excellence is THE trend of the '80s. Walk into any shopping mall bookstore, go to the rack where they keep the best-sellers… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
When desire for a certain person's attention becomes an "I have to have" kind of grasping, then identity gets organized around needing… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it was somewhere else. No one seems… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present; we are… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Father, let me be weak that I might loose my clutch on everything temporal. My life, my reputation, my possessions, Lord, let… — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
Stirner and Nietzsche [adopt] a mode of thinking which is personal, introspective, and which while often operating on alternative systems of belief… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
To one degree or another, everybody is connected to the Mystery, and everybody secretly yearns to expand the connection. That requires expanding… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
This is where we go our seperate ways. Aware of the almost feel of his hand on my arm when he pulls… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
...any belief in supernatural creators, rulers, or influencers of natural or human process introduces an irreparable split into the universe, and prevents… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality. — Harvey Cox Copy Share Image
Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping. — Garchen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Awareness means grasping life just the way it is, without contamination by mental projections. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Beware the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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