Essential Quotes

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Meditation is object-less. If you use any object, then it is not meditation; it becomes thinking. It becomes contemplation; it becomes reflection, but not meditation.… — Rajneesh
The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the… — Sun Tzu
You will make some mistakes but, if you learn from those mistakes, those mistakes will become wisdom and wisdom is essential to becoming wealthy. — Robert Kiyosaki
The buttocks are the most aesthetically pleasing part of the body because they are non-functional. Although they conceal an essential orifice, these pointless globes are… — Kenneth Tynan
I believe that a culture of peace must be the essential foundation of our efforts for peace. — Daisaku Ikeda
Compassion is an essential element of love. — Radhanath Swami
Internal peace is an essential first step to achieving peace in the world. How do you cultivate it? It's very simple. In the first place… — Dalai Lama
The essential thing about mothers is that one needs to know that they are there, particularly at that age when, paradoxically, one is trying so… — Margot Fonteyn
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just… — James Madison
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such changes… — James Madison
Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty it is essential… — Richard Henry Lee
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and… — James Madison
Being in deep devotion comes as a surprise the first time, because it is so difficult for people to feel even love, and devotion is… — Rajneesh
Awareness, beholding the mind, is the most essential method to have a breakthrough. And once you have gone just a step beyond the mind, you… — Rajneesh
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at… — Marcus Aurelius
However you look at it, in these books "power" tends to be an expression of the essential nature of the person or being whose power… — Stephen R. Donaldson
What is essential does not die but clarifies. — Thornton Wilder
How easily we get trapped in that which is not essential - in looking good, winning at competition, gathering power and wealth - when simply… — Parker J. Palmer
Remember remain alert that you don't get too much attached to the accidental - and all is accidental except your consciousness. Except your awareness, all… — Rajneesh
Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. — George Washington

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