Absorbed Quotes

374 quotes by 325 authors

Those who dissolve their body of perception completely are absorbed into what we would call nirvana. — Frederick Lenz
For success in training children the first condition is to become as a child oneself, but this means no assumed childishness, no condescending baby-talk that… — Ellen Key
There is no truer and more abiding happiness than the knowledge that one is free to go on doing, day by day, the best work… — Robin G. Collingwood
I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I could… — Will Ferguson
I am fascinated by revolution. I am completely absorbed by it. I am crazed, am obsessed by the romanticism... . Revolution surges, flashes, thunders in… — Sukarno
Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. — Chris Evert
This sweet, blessed, God-inspired place called America is a champion that has absorbed some blows. But while we bend, we don't break. This is no… — Artur Davis
I've always wanted to be a dad. I just can't wait to have a little rug rat running around. I used to want five or… — Josh Duhamel
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a… — Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Even now I try to make each page compelling for the readers to get absorbed in the book. — Chetan Bhagat
It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are now present, which could have ever been present.… — Charles Darwin
So the experience of death is turned into that of the exchange of functionaries, and anything in the natural relationship to death that is not… — Theodor Adorno
The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things… — Chuck Klosterman
The more one is absorbed in fighting evil, the less one is tempted to place the good in question. — Jean-Paul Sartre
When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands to be believed. — Franz Kafka
Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show that when we… — Jonathan Gottschall
If you believe you're good already, you don't need to do extra stuff to impress us. Your best work comes when you're absorbed; because then… — Keith Johnstone
When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health,… — Christian D. Larson
When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her… — Richard LaGravenese
I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are… — Thalassa Cruso

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