Difficult Quotes

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The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When like and dislike are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make… — Sengcan
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is… — Gautama Buddha
Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. — Plato
On both difficult and easy terrain, you must know the 'tenable' and 'fatal' ground. Occupy tenable ground and attack on fatal ground. — Sun Bin
When you are in a state of nonacceptance, it's difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly… — Roger Delano Hinkins
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it,… — Teresa of Avila
The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. — Thales
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes. — Gautama Buddha
Laughter is a highly addictive positive contagion: if somebody starts, it's very difficult to stop. — Robert Holden
There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us. — Teresa of Avila
Fossil bones and footsteps and ruined homes are the solid facts of history, but the surest hints, the most enduring signs, lie in those miniscule… — Jonathan Kingdon
The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a… — Robert Thurman
They will never outlaw all of your guns at once. But every 'reasonable' control they can impose without your resistance gives them one more bit… — Dave Kopel
I don't think anyone 'finds' joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles, that strengthen our hearts… — Dawna Markova
The real problem is that we use too much oil. It's that simple and that difficult. If we truly want to reduce our vulnerability to… — Richard Heinberg
The "difficult" female character can-and will-do the shocking, the unexpected and, as a consequence, will give your story an immediate jolt of energy. She is… — Jane Heller
Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self. — Ibn Ata Allah
There's a rapport that any photographer is going to have with his subject matter. And if you don't have a rapport, you're going to find… — Bruce Barnbaum
There is a right and a wrong in the universe, and the distinction between the two is not that difficult to make. — Elliot S. Maggin
Wisdom: Knowledge rightly applied. We assimilate lots of knowledge. Whether or not we do anything with that knowledge is a measure of our wisdom. That… — Hyrum W. Smith

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