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- It only take a few minutes of meditation to directly realize we are a river of sensations, feelings, thoughts, perceptions. How can we navigate this…
- In spiritual life there is no room for compromise. Awakening is not negotiable; we cannot bargain to hold on to things that please us while…
- We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
- A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief, loss,…
- Only a deep attention to the whole of our life can bring us the capacity to love well and live freely.
- When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
- Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. This…
- The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
- Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the…
- There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
- One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is only by letting…
- The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present. Love in the…
- It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries…
- The ends do not justify the means. If our actions will bring harm to others, even in the service of some 'good,' they are almost…
- This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to…
- Within the mystery of life there is the infinite darkness of the night sky lit by distant orbs of fire, the cobbled skin of an…
- When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment.…
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- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle