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- We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
- If you want to love, take the time to listen to your heart. In most ancient and wise cultures it is a regular practice for…
- For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality can…
- We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us—which in most cases is a very long…
- The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide.
- The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to…
- When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We…
- It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were…
- It is the basic principle of spiritual life that we learn the deepest things in unknown territory. Often it is when we feel most confused…
- Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To…
- Even the most exalted states and the most exceptional spiritual accomplishments are unimportant if we cannot be happy in the most basic and ordinary ways,…
- Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
- The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
- Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster