Rigid Quotes

290 quotes by 252 authors

To go out of your mind once a day is tremendously important, because by going out of your mind you come to your senses. And… — Alan Watts
So thereâ€™s a kind of resurgence of the sense of freedom and spontaneity in nature. From nature being bound into a rigid, deterministic model, freedom,… — Rupert Sheldrake
It's hard to say goodbye for good at any time or any place. It's harder still to say it through a meshed wire. It crisscrossed… — Cornell Woolrich
I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly… — Thomas Merton
Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few… — B. C. Forbes
The cords of passion and desire weave a binding net around you. Worldly confrontation makes you stiff and inflexible. The trap of duality is tenacious.… — Laozi
But, the true reason for the success of such new expositions [translated Eastern religious texts] is to be found where they are the most accommodating,… — Julius Evola
Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea â€” whether itâ€™s… — Dan Ariely
The one you confront in Yoga is yourself. All that is rigid and stiff in you, all that says 'No. — Frederick Leboyer
The modern world needs people with a complex identity who are intellectually autonomous and prepared to cope with uncertainty; who are able to tolerate ambiguity… — Robert J. Havighurst
The rigid tree will be felled. — Laozi
The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above. — Laozi
People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans. — Prince Philip
The beauty of a language is, generally judged by its soft or rigid, melodious or harsh, ring. Other aspects, such as the flexibility of derivation,… — KatÃ³ Lomb
She realized how many of her beliefs were either unrealistic or belonged to her deceased parents and her ex-husband. She also realized that her expectations… — Salle Merrill Redfield
Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family and close friends… — Melinda Blau
I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself. — James Herbert
Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes… — Laozi
Now, the Libertarian Party, is a *capitalist* party. It's in favor of what *I* would regard a *particular form* of authoritarian control. Namely, the kind… — Noam Chomsky
The general uncertainty about the prospects of medical treatment is socially handled by rigid entry requirements. These are designed to reduce the uncertainty in the… — Kenneth Arrow

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