External Quotes

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We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our… — William Whewell
Life is in ourselves and not in the external. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that… — Swami Vivekananda
Those reformers who preach against image-worship, or what they denounce as idolatry - to them I say "Brothers, if you are fit to worship God-without-form… — Swami Vivekananda
The work of the inventor consists of conceptualizing, combining, and ordering what is possible according to the laws of nature. This inner working out which… — Friedrich Dessauer
Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our… — Swami Vivekananda
I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,… — Samuel Johnson
A reality completely independent of the spirit that conceives it, sees it, or feels it, is an impossibility. A world so external as that, even… — Henri Poincare
An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament,… — Zhuangzi
I'VE NOTICED, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IF THE EXTERNAL, EMOTIONAL CONSTRUCTION OF IMAGES IN A FILM ARE BASED ON THE FILMMAKER'S OWN MEMORY, ON THE KINSHIP… — Andrei Tarkovsky
The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters. — Ramana Maharshi
A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages;… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes. — Swami Vivekananda
External practices have value only as helps to develop internal purity. — Swami Vivekananda
The body is a cell state in which every cell is a citizen. Disease is merely the conflict of the citizens of the state brought… — Rudolf Virchow
Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your… — Eckhart Tolle
There is something sublime about its aloofness from and its indifference to its external environment. — Frederick Soddy
Empowerment is the inner joy of knowing that external force isn't necessary to be at harmony with oneself. — Wayne Dyer
TURN ON. to contact the ancient energies and wisdoms that are built into your nervous system. They provide unspeakable pleasure and revelation. TUNE IN. to… — Timothy Leary
My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside… — Johannes Kepler

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