Grasping Quotes

161 quotes by 143 authors

Many of our attempts to understand Christian faith have only cheapened it. I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I… — Donald Miller
One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim. — Frank Herbert
We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude.… — Thomas Paine
This is where we go our seperate ways. Aware of the almost feel of his hand on my arm when he pulls me back to… — Alyson Noel
To learn to see- to accustom the eye to calmness, to patience, and to allow things to come up to it; to defer judgment, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
...he makes me feel out of control and out of my head. He is exhilarating and terrifying. I see and feel him everywhere, and I'm… — Megan McCafferty
The Lord gave the wonderful promise of the free use of His Name with the Father in conjunction with doing His works. The disciple who… — Andrew Murray
She could not mourn. She could no longer weep grasping the essence of annihilation, she wished only to cease, to be no more, as if… — Tanith Lee
From the proletarians nothing is to be feared. Left to themselves, they will continue from generation to generation and from century to century, working, breeding,… — George Orwell
We are too kind, too willing--too unwilling too--reaching out blindly with a grasping hand but not knowing how to ask for what we don't even… — Carol Shields
I used to think that when I got older, the world would make so much more sense. But you know what? The older I get,… — David Levithan
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling… — John Steinbeck
Reading is not walking on the words; it's grasping the soul of them. — Paulo Freire
The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the whole process of… — Jack Kornfield
There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a… — George Orwell
The next time you lose heart and you canâ€™t bear to experience what youâ€™re feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see… — Pema Chodron
Free passion is radiation without a radiator, a fluid, pervasive warmth that flows effortlessly. It is not destructive because it is a balanced state of… — Chogyam Trungpa
By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what… — Krista Tippett
Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and… — Elliott Abrams

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