Clinging Quotes

210 quotes by 164 authors

Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us. — William Ames
Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still. — Nancy Friday
Bitterness is a result of clinging to negative experiences. It serves you no good, and closes the door to your future. — Leon Brown
Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. — P.J. O'Rourke
In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out… — Chogyam Trungpa
Give up all forms of parrotry. Start practicing whatever you truly feel to be true and justly to be just. Do not make a show… — Meher Baba
See what your misery is, what desires are causing it, and why you are clinging to those desires. And it is not for the first… — Rajneesh
Life is a flux, nothing abides. Still we are such fools, we go on clinging. If change is the nature of life, then clinging is… — Rajneesh
Remember: no attachment should grow, no clinging should grow. They are all against your independence, your freedom, your individuality. — Rajneesh
All duality is a mind creation, all duality is created by the clinging and attached mind. When there is no attachment there is no duality. — Rajneesh
This is the whole secret of non-attachment: live in the world, but don't be of the world. Love people, but don't create attachments. Reflect people,… — Rajneesh
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. — John Templeton
Misery comes the moment you become clinging, attached. The moment you put conditions on life. — Rajneesh
Men are clinging to football on a level we aren't even aware of. For centuries, we ruled everything, and now, in the last ten minutes,… — Tony Kornheiser
Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds… — Mark Epstein
If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential… — John D. MacDonald
People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants. — Bela Lugosi
Clinging to the past is the problem. Embracing change is the answer. — Gloria Steinem
The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common… — Eric Hoffer

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