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title: "110 Trying Quotes By Frederick Lenz"
description: "110 Trying quotes by Frederick Lenz. Plus more from Frederick Lenz and more Trying sayings from other authors."
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> [When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-you-have-grown-accustomed-to-sitting-and-meditating-try-to-stop/)

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> [People will try to block you. Some will do it just for pure hostility. But most others are just afraid of themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/people-will-try-to-block-you-some-will-do-it-just-for-pure-hostility/)

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> [If you become obsessive in spiritual practice, if you just try and try, you are not going to be happy. You are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-become-obsessive-in-spiritual-practice-if-you-just-try-and-try/)

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> [I would recommend, initially, if you are trying to increase your personal power level, to meditate on the navel center, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-would-recommend-initially-if-you-are-trying-to-increase-your/)

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> [It is a tremendous waste of energy to try to block anyone else. That same energy could be applied to furthering your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-is-a-tremendous-waste-of-energy-to-try-to-block-anyone-else-that/)

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> [Enlightened teachers and people who help them, have a lot of trouble. People try to interfere with the work and spread awful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/enlightened-teachers-and-people-who-help-them-have-a-lot-of-trouble/)

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> [We try to fulfill ourselves, even though our inner voice tells us to become all that we are - still, we run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/we-try-to-fulfill-ourselves-even-though-our-inner-voice-tells-us-to/)

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> [Don't try to hold people to you, don't try to push them away. Let life do everything for you. This is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/don-t-try-to-hold-people-to-you-don-t-try-to-push-them-away-let-life/)

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> [Meditation is not emptiness. That is a way of trying to talk about something that is impossible to put into words. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/meditation-is-not-emptiness-that-is-a-way-of-trying-to-talk-about/)

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> [We are learning to perceive existence in separate phases. One phase is to see that we are not our thoughts. As you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/we-are-learning-to-perceive-existence-in-separate-phases-one-phase-is/)

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> [When you are meditating, after you've meditated on the yantra or candle flame, simply try feeling gratitude. Sit and feel grateful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/when-you-are-meditating-after-you-ve-meditated-on-the-yantra-or/)

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> [One path leads back to this world, to rebirth; one path leads beyond. Your soul stands at a crossword, trying to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/one-path-leads-back-to-this-world-to-rebirth-one-path-leads-beyond/)

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> [To try and fit reincarnation into a neat mental package is very unwise. You will be very surprised when you discover that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/to-try-and-fit-reincarnation-into-a-neat-mental-package-is-very/)

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> [It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/it-s-just-not-working-one-nation-trying-to-destroy-another-one-race/)

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> [Whenever you find yourself becoming angry or jealous, try to see good quality in the person. You will suddenly be thinking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/whenever-you-find-yourself-becoming-angry-or-jealous-try-to-see-good/)

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> [Don't fight with your thoughts or try to suppress them with your will. This will only frustrate you and bind you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/don-t-fight-with-your-thoughts-or-try-to-suppress-them-with-your-will/)

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> [We could be unhappy and discouraged for ourselves, but we're trying to be in a high vibratory state so we can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/we-could-be-unhappy-and-discouraged-for-ourselves-but-we-re-trying-to/)

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> [The more moral you pretend to be, the less moral you are; the less moral you try to be, the more moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-more-moral-you-pretend-to-be-the-less-moral-you-are-the-less/)

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> [Your inner being already knows. It's trying to communicate with you. But it needs to shift you into a different state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/your-inner-being-already-knows-it-s-trying-to-communicate-with-you/)

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> [Universities are very clarifying places of power, because everyone is focused on trying to figure out exactly what to do with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/universities-are-very-clarifying-places-of-power-because-everyone-is/)

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> [The way to meditate is by not trying to be too good at it too quickly. This is essential, because otherwise you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-way-to-meditate-is-by-not-trying-to-be-too-good-at-it-too-quickly/)

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> [A person who wants to progress more rapidly and wishes to overcome unhappiness sooner, should try to find an enlightened master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/a-person-who-wants-to-progress-more-rapidly-and-wishes-to-overcome/)

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> [There is a sense of competition in Zen. You are competing with your thoughts and trying to overcome them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-is-a-sense-of-competition-in-zen-you-are-competing-with-your/)

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> [Each day try and go through the day with an attitude of being a servant to the world. You'll benefit the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/each-day-try-and-go-through-the-day-with-an-attitude-of-being-a/)

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> [There are essentially three stages in learning how to meditate. In the beginning you are simply trying to ignore thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-essentially-three-stages-in-learning-how-to-meditate-in-the/)

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> [Don't try to be someone. Be yourself. This is what mediation should teach you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/don-t-try-to-be-someone-be-yourself-this-is-what-mediation-should/)

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> [We are trying to do our best to bring perfection into whatever we turn our attention to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/we-are-trying-to-do-our-best-to-bring-perfection-into-whatever-we/)

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> [Fix your awareness gently on the center of your chest. Try to feel love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/fix-your-awareness-gently-on-the-center-of-your-chest-try-to-feel-love/)

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> [Whenever we just try to please ourselves, all we do is cover up another window in the little house we're stuck in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/whenever-we-just-try-to-please-ourselves-all-we-do-is-cover-up/)

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> [Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/stop-trying-to-be-different-just-do-what-you-are-good-at-and-work/)

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> [You suffer because you try to fulfill yourself. You think of yourself in a limited way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-suffer-because-you-try-to-fulfill-yourself-you-think-of-yourself/)

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> [Grow up. Get a life. Life is pain. Anybody who tells you something other than that is trying to sell you something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/grow-up-get-a-life-life-is-pain-anybody-who-tells-you-something-other/)

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> [Stop trying to do things that will make you happy. Happiness is a state of mind; because otherwise, you are a slave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/stop-trying-to-do-things-that-will-make-you-happy-happiness-is-a/)

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> [Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/honestly-admitting-what-you-lost-and-not-trying-to-rationalize-it-or/)

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> [Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/begin-with-your-daily-life-take-your-life-as-a-challenge-and-try-to/)

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> [None of this matters a bit. Yet, of course, it matters at that moment. So we try to be mindful of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/none-of-this-matters-a-bit-yet-of-course-it-matters-at-that-moment-so/)

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> [Sometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/sometimes-people-start-to-meditate-and-they-get-a-headache-it-s/)

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> [If you try to pull too much power through too soon, you will injure yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-try-to-pull-too-much-power-through-too-soon-you-will-injure/)

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> [Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/zen-is-discipline-the-discipline-of-living-life-the-discipline-of/)

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> [Try to have a more expanded sense of that which you are. Feel that you are eternity. There's only goodness. There's only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/try-to-have-a-more-expanded-sense-of-that-which-you-are-feel-that-you/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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