External Quotes

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A culture that denies death inevitably becomes shallow and superficial, concerned only with the external form of things. When death is denied, life loses its… — Eckhart Tolle
The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness. — Eckhart Tolle
In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem… — Alberto Moravia
Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks. — Denis Waitley
By ecology we understand the total science of the connections of the organism to the surrounding external world. — Ernst Haeckel
Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Breath is the vehicle of consciousness and so, by its slow measured observation and distribution, we learn to tug our attention away from external desires… — B.K.S. Iyengar
The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep fit, or to maintain flexibility is the external practice of yoga. While this is… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. — William Lyon Phelps
Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in… — Maria Montessori
I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world,… — Alice Hoffman
The explorers seek happiness in finding curiosities, discovering new lands and undergoing risks in adventures. They are thrilling. But where is pleasure found? Only within.… — Ramana Maharshi
When a person hasn't in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good… — Anton Chekhov
Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily about reality...an effort… — Parker J. Palmer
I knew that good like bad becomes a routine, that the temporary tends to endure, that what is external permeates to the inside, and that… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Early in life, when I first saw waterlilies on the ripples of a lake, I didn't think they were flowers which grew from the water,… — Lucian Blaga
It is not only visitors to the zoo who are fascinated but uneasy in the presence of chimpanzees; the same is true of scientists. The… — Frans de Waal
Looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from the resulting work. It is difficult to say where one stops and another begins. The… — Andy Goldsworthy
It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives. — Bruno Frey
Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together. — Mariella Frostrup

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