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Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not a single thing… — Rajneesh
Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our… — Matthieu Ricard
Great spiritual traditions are used as a means to ripen us, to bring us face to face with our life, and to help us to… — Jack Kornfield
You cannot live sheltered forever without being exposed, and at the same time be a spiritual adventurer. Be audacious. Be crazy in your own way,… — Arnaud Desjardins
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity which is in… — Matthieu Ricard
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which… — Matthieu Ricard
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. — Leo Rosten
It is easy to understand why the cat has eclipsed the dog as modern America's favorite pet. People like pets to possess the same qualities… — P.J. O'Rourke
I think that taking life seriously means something such as this: that whatever man does on this planet has to be done in the lived… — Ernest Becker
When I talk about doing affirmations, I mean consciously choosing words that will either help eliminate something from your life or help create something new… — Louise Hay
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown. — George Shinn
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well — John Marshall
Over the last six months, I've seen what these two futures look like. And six months from now, we'll all be living in one, or… — Sandra Fluke
Healthy moms mean healthy families. When my Republican colleagues held a hearing about birth control and refused to include a single woman on the first… — Carolyn Maloney
Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. — Tom O'Connor
Cats are independent, by which I mean smart. — Dave Barry
We must strive to move forward in life, by acknowledging the forces that are thrusted upon ourselves by means of fear, and relinquish them by… — Carrot Top
When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare… — Alice Duer Miller
Being single doesn't necessarily mean you're available. Sometimes you have to put up a sign that says "Do Not Disturb" on your heart. — Wiz Khalifa
Everything is integral and interacts with everything else. This means that nothing is itself without everything else. There is a commonality, an integrity, an intimacy… — Thomas Berry
Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the… — Swami Vivekananda
Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's labour - they… — Swami Vivekananda
You look at that Democratic debate, I had to laugh at what I saw Barack Obama do. I mean in one week he went from… — Mitt Romney
I'm a philosophy major. That means I can think deep thoughts about being unemployed. — Bruce Lee
Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move… — Tony Robbins

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