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- But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away…
- That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs.…
- Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It allows us to…
- You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that…
- Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize…
- Everything that human beings feel, we feel. We can become extremely wise and sensitive to all of humanity and the whole universe simply by knowing…
- It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something we all share.…
- All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
- I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need…
- We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good. We don’t want to be wrong because then we’ll feel bad.…
- All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.
- Although it is embarrassing and painful, it is very healing to stop hiding from yourself. It is healing to know all the ways that you’re…
- All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability…
- That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. Everything is in process.
- Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you…
- People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they…
- People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they…
- No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a…
- We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They…
- Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds of ways to…
- Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.
- At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
- I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water.…
- We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness.
- WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle