Rigid Quotes

290 quotes by 252 authors

Vipassana arises as you pay awareness to the inner and outer experience unfolding at the present moment. Vipassana is not associated with any rigid formula… — Amit Ray
It can sometimes be a hearbreaking struggle for us to arrive at a place where we are no longer afraid of the child inside us.… — Stephen Nachmanovitch
As we become more mature we will learn to master the interplay between the past and the present and not be so self-conscious of our… — Alvin Lustig
I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or… — Juliana Hatfield
Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong. — Laozi
You are saying, are you not, I said to Manuelito, that stories have more room in them than ideas? [...] He laughed. That is correct,… — Alice Walker
I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose.… — Barack Obama
We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or… — Donella Meadows
Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square… — Lawrence Hargrave
Softening what is rigid in our hearts... — Pema Chodron
I hate to hear people say this Judge will vote so and so, because he is a Democrat -- and this one so and so… — Mark Twain
When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons. — Brennan Manning
Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct. — Lisa Randall
If you did not have any personality, you would have a tremendous presence. The more rigid your personality, the more constipated your whole being. — Jaggi Vasudev
Most people use their energy attempting to rearrange circumstances that trigger painful emotions. Changing external circumstances will not change your rigid patterns of emotional response.… — Gary Zukav
What if not just women, but both men and women, worked smart, more flexible schedules? What if the workplace itself was more fluid than the… — Brigid Schulte
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind… — Pope Gregory VII
Mastering â€“ or, if you prefer, integrating â€“ the psyche is the work of a lifetimeâ€¦.This mastery is not holding the psyche in rigid subjugation… — Richard Smoley
I see nothing but Becoming. Be not deceived! It is the fault of your limited outlook and not the fault of the essence of things… — Heraclitus
We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down.… — Ronald Reagan

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