Closed Quotes

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Each of us comes into life with fists closed, set for aggressiveness and acquisition. But when we abandon life our hands are open; there is… — Fulton J. Sheen
When you experience the emotion of sadness, there will be changes in facial expression, and your body will be closed in, withdrawn. There are also… — Antonio Damasio
The drawings that interest me most are made with closed eyes. With eyes closed, I feel my hand slide down on the paper. I have… — Willem de Kooning
I prefer to see with closed eyes. — Josef Albers
I for sure believe in miracles. For me, a miracle is seeing the world with light in your eyes. It's knowing there's always hope and… — Oprah Winfrey
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors… — Ayn Rand
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we… — Leo Rosten
I've been advised not to have any more children for medical reasons, so that's it - the shop has closed, even though I would have… — Toni Braxton
If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for… — Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialists overlook by… — John Templeton
Help each other to live and to grow in the Christian faith so as to be valiant witnesses of the Lord. Be united, but not… — Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus Christ does not teach us a spirituality 'of closed eyes,' but one of 'alertness,' one which entails an absolute duty to take notice of… — Pope Benedict XVI
How not to choose is the whole art of religion, how to drop into a choicelessness. But remember, don`t choose choicelessness! Otherwise, listening to me… — Rajneesh
The whole existence is surrounded by a divine energy that protects you, cares for you, is always available. If you go on missing it, it… — Rajneesh
Awareness is an inner quality of consciousness; it has nothing to do with closed or open eyes. — Rajneesh
Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
When your desires drop, the world is there, but it is a totally new world. It is so fresh, it is so colorful, it is… — Rajneesh
That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell! — Robert Pollok
I suddenly became strangely inebriated. The external world became changed as in a dream. Objects appeared to gain in relief; they assumed unusual dimensions; and… — Albert Hofmann
The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by. — Danny Wallace

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