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> [Wisdom, health, life and love cannot be found in trying to control the wind, but rather in harnessing the wind in the sails of receptive engagement of the present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/wisdom-health-life-and-love-cannot-be-found-in-trying-to-control-the/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

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## More by Martin Laird

> [“This is why most people do not stick with a contemplative discipline for very long; we have heard all sorts of talk about contemplation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/this-is-why-most-people-do-not-stick-with-a-contemplative-discipline/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“The key is to move from being a victim of thoughts (the commenting, chattering mind) to being their witness (the heart’s stillness) . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/the-key-is-to-move-from-being-a-victim-of-thoughts-the-commenting/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [Wisdom, health, life and love cannot be found in trying to control the wind, but rather in harnessing the wind in the sails of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/wisdom-health-life-and-love-cannot-be-found-in-trying-to-control-the/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“But as important as time set aside specifically for prayer, is learning to sit when you are not sitting. By this I mean, whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/but-as-important-as-time-set-aside-specifically-for-prayer-is/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [Dying is all about letting go and letting be, as is the awareness of God. People who have traveled far along the contemplative path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/dying-is-all-about-letting-go-and-letting-be-as-is-the-awareness-of/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/books-that-talk-about-contemplation-often-seem-to-have-been-written/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“Union with God is not something we acquire by a technique but the grounding truth of our lives that engenders the very search for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/union-with-god-is-not-something-we-acquire-by-a-technique-but-the/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“. . . there is a foundational core of what we might as well call identity that remains hidden from scrutiny’s grip and somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/there-is-a-foundational-core-of-what-we-might-as-well-call-identity/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“This watchfulness also applies to our tendency to add thought upon thought upon thought. We notice, for example, our anger and how it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/this-watchfulness-also-applies-to-our-tendency-to-add-thought-upon/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [God in Christ has taken into Himself the brokenness of the human condition. Hence, human woundedness, brokenness, death itself are transformed from dead ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/god-in-christ-has-taken-into-himself-the-brokenness-of-the-human/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“A helpful image to express this sort of thing is a wheel with spokes centered on a single hub. The hub of the wheel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/a-helpful-image-to-express-this-sort-of-thing-is-a-wheel-with-spokes/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“Instead we experience reactive commentaries on thoughts and feelings. The ability to meet with stillness all that appears and disappears in awareness will gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/instead-we-experience-reactive-commentaries-on-thoughts-and-feelings/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“The doorway into the silent land is a wound. Silence lays bare this wound. We do not journey far along the spiritual path before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/the-doorway-into-the-silent-land-is-a-wound-silence-lays-bare-this/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“But gradually we learn something very precious under the tutelage of these wounds. We learn a compassion for others that replaces judging, self-loathing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/but-gradually-we-learn-something-very-precious-under-the-tutelage-of/)

[Martin Laird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-laird/)

> [“The distinction between acquisition and discovery may seem like hairsplitting, but it is important to see that . . . the contemplative discipline of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-laird/the-distinction-between-acquisition-and-discovery-may-seem-like/)

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