Emptying Quotes

42 quotes by 38 authors

In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, 'field of power'... The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out… — Chogyam Trungpa
Meditation means you start changing your inner world. You start removing dust from the inner world, you start removing all that is unnecessary in the… — Rajneesh
We should notice that we are already supported at every moment. There is the earth below our feet and there is the air, filling our… — Natalie Goldberg
The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself. — Evan Esar
I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand. This chalice,… — Katrina Kenison
Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free who can look and understand immediately.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Humility is a priceless virtue; however, it takes a lot of self-emptying to cultivate it. — Michael Ugwu Eneja
In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility. — Christopher West
Some breakfast food manufacturer hit upon the simple notion of emptying out the leavings of carthorse nose bags, adding a few other things like unconsumed… — Frank Muir
The sage governs by emptying senses and filling bellies. — Laozi
The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones. — Laozi
There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive. To return the sense of… — Sam Keen
A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently… — Sam Keen
To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not… — Yasmin Mogahed
The many ways to listen have been reaching into me for years. To enter deep listening, I've had to learn how to keep emptying and… — Mark Nepo
If you overesteem great men, people become powerless. If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal. The Master leads by emptying people's minds and filling… — Laozi
Love rushed into my veins emptying me of myself. Now filled with the Beloved my only possession is my name. — Rumi
We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an… — Shoghi Effendi
It is not enough to know the Son of God in the Father's nature only, unless we acknowledge Him in what is ours without withdrawal… — Pope Leo I
The death of Jesus was the opening and the emptying of the full heart of God; it was the outgushing of that ocean of infinite… — Octavius Winslow

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