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Life Quotes by Joko Beck
- We learn in our guts, not just in our brain, that a life of joy is not in seeking happiness, but in experiencing and simply…
- If I were to tell you that your life is already perfect, whole, and complete just as it is, you would think I was crazy.…
- My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit around worrying whether she…
- What does open us is sharing our vulnerabilities. Sometimes we see a couple who has done this difficult work over a lifetime. In the process,…
- Life is a second-by-second miracle.
- Practice can be stated very simply. It is moving from a life of hurting myself and others to a life of not hurting myself and…
- Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal.…
- There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding…
- To some degree we all find life difficult, perplexing, and oppressive. Even when it goes well, as it may for a time, we worry that…
- We are caught in the contradiction of finding life a rather perplexing puzzle which causes us a lot of misery, and at the same time…
- We tend to run our whole life trying to avoid all that hurts or displeases us, noticing the objects, people, or situations that we think…
- Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every…
- When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed, gossip, criticism. Yet…
- There is a foundation for our lives, a place in which our life rests. That place is nothing but the present moment, as we see,…
- Most of our difficulties, our hopes, and our worries are empty fantasies. Nothing has ever existed except this moment. That's all there is. That's all…
- With unfailing kindness, your life always presents what you need to learn. Whether you stay home or work in an office or whatever, the next…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle