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There are two kinds of suffering. There is the suffering you run away from, which follows you everywhere. And there is the…
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The ultimate truth is like the flavour of an apple which you can't see with the eye or hear with the ear.…
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When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
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Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the…
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Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we…
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Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
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When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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These days people don't search for the Truth. People study simply in order to find knowledge necessary to make a living, raise…
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Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don’t have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it’s as if we are dead.
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Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest…
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Whenever we feel that we are definitely right, so much so that we refuse to open up to anything or anybody else,…
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Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.
— William Cowper
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Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough…
— Eric Milner-White
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He who is silent is forgotten; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed; out distanced, crushed; he…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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The only way you can check Gretzky is to hit him when he is standing still singing the national anthem.
— Harry Sinden
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The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still.
— Jean Rhys
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Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.
— Lauren Bacall
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If you are moving, even fire will not hurt you. If you are standing still near the fire, even though you are…
— Robert Kiyosaki
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If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course?
— Larry Nelson
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Many a false step is made standing still.
— Patti LaBelle
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Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.
— Alan Arkin
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In the spiritual world there are no time divisions such as the past, present and future; for they have contracted themselves into…
— Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
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Sometimes when you are standing still and it’s snowing, you think that you hear music. You can’t tell where it’s coming from…
— Heather O'Neill
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