Attaining Quotes

143 quotes by 128 authors

Those who are incapable of attaining to supreme religious values include the black coloured people and those who resemble them in their climates. Their nature… — Maimonides
The key then to attaining this higher level of intelligence is to make our years of study qualitatively rich. We don't simply absorb information -… — Robert Greene
The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is… — James P. Hogan
In transmitting the dharma, there is neither explanation nor teaching; there is neighter hearing nor attainment. Since explanations never really explains, nor are they able… — John Daido Loori
The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our… — Pope Leo XIII
Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it. — J I Packer
The first step towards attaining a higher standard of holiness is to realize more fully the amazing sinfulness of sin. — J C Ryle
The fittest, not the richest, make the most enviable mark. Pampered sons of plutocrats may shine for a time in society, but not in the… — B. C. Forbes
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche
After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the… — Ellen Tauscher
If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire.… — P D Ouspensky
The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth [Symphony of Beethoven] is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as the… — Susan McClary
Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption. — Evan Dando
The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best… — Gilbert Highet
We cannot live in the past; it is gone. Nor can we live in the future; it is forever beyond our grasp. We can live… — S. N. Goenka
Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear, like… — Albert Pike
The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion. — Socrates
In the United States, there is no end which human will despairs of attaining through the combined power of individuals united in a society. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept God. — Anthony de Mello
I cannot tell if what the world considers â€˜happinessâ€™ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go… — Zhuangzi

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