External Quotes

896 quotes by 617 authors

Until you have the inner discipline that brings calmness of mind, external facilities and conditions will never bring the joy and happiness you seek. On… — Dalai Lama
Oh external worshiper, know that worship without heart is motions. Oh seeker of knowledge, know that knowledge without purification is a dangerous weapon of the… — Yasmin Mogahed
If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone… — Stephen Covey
Within each and every one of us is a divine power that needs no substance or anything external to know bliss. — Wayne Dyer
Lacking an external focus, the mind turns inward on itself and creates problems to solve, even if the problems are undefined or unimportant. If you… — Tim Ferriss
Do not have an attitude, open yourself and focus yourself and express yourself. Reject external form that fails to express internal reality. — Bruce Lee
We have to create miracles. A miracle is not the intersession of an external divine agency in violation of the laws of physics. A miracle… — Charles Eisenstein
ONE MUST BE COMPASSIONATE TO ONE'S SELF BEFORE EXTERNAL COMPASSION. — Dalai Lama
The assault of our enemies is not part of our life; it is only part of our experience; we throw it off and guard ourselves… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life is not so much defined by the external situation as it is by the internal one. — Jacob Needleman
The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music and the sky itself… — Charles Dickens
The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external foe, but is… — Dalai Lama
The role of education is to interest the child profoundly in an external activity to which he will give all his potential — Maria Montessori
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science… — William S. Burroughs
Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God judges them by their moral choices. — C.S. Lewis
When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity. — Jaggi Vasudev
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. — Aristotle
I think now is our time. My mother was told by everyone that she had two choices: She could be a nurse or a teacher.… — Sheryl Sandberg
The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a… — Laozi
This is a technology where without external input, you create a chemistry of blissfulness within you. — Jaggi Vasudev

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