Our Original Quotes

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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us… — Willa Cather
When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves. — Dogen
We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness… — Julia Cameron
And yet in a funny way our lack of success led to our breakthrough; because, since we could not get a cell line off the… — Cesar Milstein
Once we ask why it should be that all human beings - including infants, the intellectually disabled, criminal psychopaths, Hitler, Stalin, and the rest -… — Peter Singer
That was the real secret of the Tarahumara: they'd never forgotten what it felt like to love running. They remembered that running was mankind's first… — Christopher McDougall
Made as we were in the image of God we scarcely find it strange to take again our God as our All. God was our… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature. — Shunryu Suzuki
I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.… — Thomas Merton
The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried… — Marcel Proust
To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our… — Robin Sharma
Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, itâ€™s not just something out… — Tenzin Palmo
We are obliged to regard many of our original minds as crazy at least until we have become as clever as they are. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Ever since there have been men, man has given himself over to too little joy. That alone, my brothers, is our original sin. I should… — Henri Matisse
The deepest level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless. It is beyond words, and it is beyond speech, and it is… — Thomas Merton
In our own selves sometimes we don't feel right in this body. I think it's because our original nature is eternally free — Trevor Hall
Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two… — Plato
In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within… — Shunryu Suzuki
Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening… — Huangbo Xiyun
Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond… — Bankei Yotaku

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