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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend… — Bono
Ultimately spiritual awareness unfolds when you're flexible, when you're spontaneous, when you're detached, when you're easy on yourself and easy on others. — Deepak Chopra
People in America, of course, live in all sorts of fashions, because they are foreigners, or unlucky, or depraved, or without ambition; people live like… — Margaret Mead
Happiness is yours in the here and now. The painful states of anxiety and loneliness are abolished permanently. Financial affairs are not financial problems. You… — Vernon Howard
Only the idea of death makes a warrior sufficiently detached so that he is capable of abandoning himself to anything. He knows his death is… — Carlos Castaneda
Meditation simply means a discipline that makes you capable of being aloof and detached from your mind. So even if the mind is sick, your… — Rajneesh
I want my team to be more detached from the wins and losses and be more focused on doing the little things well. When you… — Sue Enquist
I remain detached and distant, but it is under my eyes and my orders that the work of art must create itself. Then, when the… — Yves Klein
Transcendence or detachment, leaving the body, pure love, lack of jealousy-that's the vision we are given in our culture, generally, when we think of the… — Robert Bly
I've always felt you don't have to be completely detached, emotionally uninvolved to make precise observations. There's nothing wrong with feeling great empathy for your… — Jane Goodall
A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from other husbands... A saint is… — Peter Kreeft
I may be flying a complicated airplane, rushing through space, but in this cabin I'm surrounded by simplicity and thoughts set free of time. How… — Charles Lindbergh
The Jungian therapist taught me the difference between the ego and the shadow. I realized I'd been so busy being a good girl that I'd… — Sue Grafton
If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of… — Paul Haggis
Can't stand it. Too many amps, too much volume, it's just flat-out ear assault. Speedy guitars leave me not feeling detached but physically upset. When… — Jeff Beck
The point of departure for my creation was not primarily the destiny of the sixteen Carmelites of CompiÃ¨gne but the figure of the young Blanche.… — Gertrud von Le Fort
It is a rare photographer who can take a detached, cold-blooded view of his work. — Arthur Rothstein
The 'Big Green Debate' has entered a very interesting stage. Once there was endless controversy; now there is near unanimity. Once there was universal political… — Jonathon Porritt
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it. — Ida Tarbell
Body', 'soul', and 'spirit' may designate phenomenal domains which can be detached as themes for definite investigations; within certain limits their ontological indefiniteness may not… — Martin Heidegger

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