"But when I know that the glass is……" — Ajahn Chah
"But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious."
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82 Quotes by Ajahn Chah
Ajahn Chah has 82 quotes on this site.
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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there…
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with…
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When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration…
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why…
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to…
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a…
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Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in…
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or…
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More Already Broken Quotes
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It was in the days when France's power was already broken upon the seas, and when more of her three-deckers…
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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I urge North Koreas leaders to reflect on Burmas experience. While the work of reform is ongoing, Burma has already…
— Thomas E. Donilon
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When forces of oppression come to maintain themselves in power against established law, peace is considered already broken.
— Che Guevara
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It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls…
— Rosario Dawson
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The fallen hazel-nuts, Stripped late of their green sheaths, The grapes, red-purple, Their berries Dripping with wine, Pomegranates already broken,…
— Hilda Doolittle
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It is not difficult to be a revolutionary when revolution has already broken out and is in spate, when all…
— Vladimir Lenin
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Love is a promise delivered already broken.
— Steve Martin
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History is an omlette. THe eggs are already broken.
— Orson Scott Card
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But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away.
— Francesca Lia Block
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He is afraid of you, so he hates you. It would be wrong to hurt him again. It would be…
— Conn Iggulden
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Fire supposed he needed to be there in order to give rousing speeches and lead the charge into the fray,…
— Kristin Cashore
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So many times we come to Jesus in worship and ask Him for things that He already IS and has…
— Unknown Author
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