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509 Cling quotes by 400 unique authors

We cling to hierarchies because our place in a hierarchy is, rightly or wrongly, a major indicator of our social worth. — Unknown Author
Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person… — Gautama Buddha
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to… — Gautama Buddha
No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly… — Max Lucado
'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live without… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The instructor can scarcely give sensibility where it is essentially wanting, nor talent to the unpercipient block. But he can cultivate and direct the affections… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with your body, right… — Nhat Hanh
Do others, I wondered, "see things as I do? I do not think so, for if they did they would not still be alive." And,… — Nancy Mairs
I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have… — Carlos Castaneda
When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to. — Carlos Castaneda
I see a wonderful future in a very uncertain world. If we will cling to our values, if we will build on our inheritance, if… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Barbarians, we call them, while all the while we timidly cling to our Web like Visigoths crouching in the ruins of Rome's faded glory and… — Dan Simmons
It is useless to talk with those who do not understand one and troublesome to talk with those who criticize from a feeling of superiority.… — Murasaki Shikibu
Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no common sense, and… — Lawrence Kudlow
Before the Christian Church goes into eclipse anywhere there must first be a corrupting of her simple basic theology. She simply gets a wrong answer… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
If some glorious angel suddenly descended through my living room ceiling and offered to take away the children I have and give me other, better… — Andrew Solomon
To free desire from the tendency to cling, we have to be willing to stumble over ourselves. — Mark Epstein
Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If we cling… — Noah Levine
I am confident that those who believe in belief are wrong. That is, we no more need to preserve the myth of God in order… — Daniel Dennett
When we cling, often forever, to our old patterns of thinking and behaving, we fall to negotiate any crisis, to truly grow up, and to… — M. Scott Peck
When we cling to thoughts and memories, we are clinging to what cannot be grasped. When we touch these phantoms and let them go, we… — Pema Chodron
Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears. — Jack Kornfield
I smoke 'cos I'm hoping for an early death and I need to cling to something. — Steven Morrissey
Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can… — William Sloane Coffin

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