Distraction Quotes
446 quotes by 390 authors
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If one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be…
— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
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One of the names of Buddha is TATHAGATA - one who lives in suchness, one who has become free from all the distractions of the…
— Rajneesh
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Relaxation means allowing yourself to fall into a state where you are not doing anything, because if you are doing something, tension will continue. It…
— Rajneesh
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Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its…
— Samuel Johnson
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The word mantra comes from two Sanskrit words man, ("to think") and tra ("tool'). So the literal translation is "a tool of thought." And that's…
— Russell Simmons
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In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word, roughly defined as…
— Russell Simmons
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...the limitations of my endurance were expanded over and over. At times I felt that if I did not sit down I would collapse. Then…
— Marlo Morgan
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It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions…
— Alexander Hamilton
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True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction…
— Julia Hill
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The subconscious mind is probably the most important factor in being a good golfer. It keeps distractions on the course from ruining a good round.…
— Unknown Author
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I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the…
— Tracy Chevalier
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There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today…
— Mark Twain
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When you are soul-centered, you can focus your attention where and when you want to, easily, without distraction. You know to look for what you…
— Sarah MacLean
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Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean of calm, which…
— Unknown Author
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I work out for my head as much as I do for my body. I'm a thinker. A lot of my ideas come to me…
— Grete Waitz
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An effective leader creates specific, achievable goals, initiates action and enlists the participation of others. They remove distractions; grasps the bigger picture, focuses on one…
— Ken Wyatt
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The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life.
— Robert Penn Warren
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The wilderness is a place of rest - not in the sense of being motionless, for the lure, after all, is to move, to round…
— David Douglass
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The irony of multitasking is that it's exhausting: when you're doing two or three things simultaneously, you use more energy than the sum of energy…
— Twyla Tharp
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in…
— Ramakrishna
Who Wrote These Distraction Quotes
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