Attainment Quotes

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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
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal absolute values and… — Ludwig von Mises
This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their… — H. L. Mencken
Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief… — Samuel Johnson
Meditation is the royal road to the attainment of freedom, a mysterious ladder that reaches from earth to heaven, darkness to light, mortality to Immortality. — Sivananda
If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall. — Shunryu Suzuki
I fully realize that the new organization is a human rather than a perfect instrumentality for the attainment of its great objective. As time goes… — Cordell Hull
No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic… — David Brainerd
Intellectuals tend to be arrogant.Â Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble and… — B.K.S. Iyengar
I may be expediting the attainment of an object that will in time be found of great importance to mankind; so much so, that a… — George Cayley
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly… — Charles Lindbergh
Seek the path, do not seek attainment, seek for the path within yourself. Do not expect to hear the truth from others, nor to see… — P D Ouspensky
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the… — Thomas Huxley
All transformation begins with an intense, burning desire to be transformed. The first step in the 'renewing of the mind' is desire. You must want… — Neville Goddard
By our very endowment as children of an Eternal Father we have had implanted within our souls the urgency to be free. It is natural… — Dean L. Larsen
Be not content with the common place in character anymore than with the commonplace in ambition or intellectual attainment. Do not expect that you will… — William Jewett Tucker
Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a… — Joseph Pilates
Remove 'can't', 'won't' and 'shouldn't' from your vocabulary when they restrict attainment. Persevere if you truly believe your cause is just. — Danny Villanueva
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly… — Adam Braun
The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment. — Tom DeMarco

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