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The practice is to make the non-arising of grasping and clinging absolute, final, and eternally void, so that no grasping and clinging can ever return.… — Buddhadasa
Attachment is the state of ignorance or forgetfulness, and thus clinging to a memory of enjoyment — Goswami Kriyananda
And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at the center are… — Cate Blanchett
If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes unhappiness. The name of that thing is… — Anthony de Mello
Freedom from clinging allows us bring love into all aspects of our life. — Gil Fronsdal
Freedom from clinging gives room in our hearts to grow. — Gil Fronsdal
Nephi taught that by clinging to the word of God, as though it be a handrail, we would be able to avoid temptations and not… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open… — Morris West
Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say. — Michel de Montaigne
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it. Advanced art today is… — Harold Rosenberg
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth… — Ambrose Bierce
What is the hope that can give meaning to life? Without some form of hope, the Holy Father argues that life becomes tedious and potentially… — Raymond J. de Souza
We are repeatedly left, in other words, with no further focus than ourselves, a source from which self-pity naturally flows. Each time this happens I… — Joan Didion
Our souls, shamewounded by our sins, cling to us yet more, a woman to her lover clinging, the more the more. She trusts me, her… — James Joyce
The blood of Christ is necessary to purge the faults clinging to our best works. — John Calvin
A man must have something to cling to. Without that he is as a pea vine sprawling in search of a trellis.... I was all… — Elwyn Brooks White
Suffering is due entirely to clinging or resisting. It is a sign of our unwillingness to move on, to flow with life — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
We begin life with loss. We are cast from the womb without an apartment, a charge plate, a job or a car. We are sucking,… — Judith Viorst
There can be no doubt that this possessive clinging to things is one of the most harmful habits in the [christian] life. Because it is… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In essence I find that the foundation of modern conservatism is driven by a clinging to God in fear of the world, whereas the foundation… — Criss Jami
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose. Clinging to a past that doesn't let me chose. — Sarah McLachlan
Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread. — Jeanne Calment
Clinging uncritically to traditional ideas and beliefs often serves to obscure or deny real facts of our life history. — Alice Miller
Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything. — Bodhidharma
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to… — Bodhidharma

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