Subtle Quotes

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Intelligence is an extremely subtle concept. It's a kind of understanding that flourishes if it's combined with a good memory, but exists anyway even in… — Isaac Asimov
Our intellect is not the most subtle, the most powerful, the most appropriate, instrument for revealing the truth. It is life that, little by little,… — Marcel Proust
To get an elementary grasp of the game of golf, a human must learn, by endless practice, a continuous and subtle series of highly unnatural… — Alistair Cooke
Autumn truly is what summer pretends to be: the best of all seasons. It is as glorious as summer is tedious; as subtle as summer… — Gregg Easterbrook
Basketball is a sport that involves the subtle interweaving of players at full speed to the point where they are thinking and moving as one. — Phil Jackson
It is not a question of sitting silently, it is not a question of chanting a mantra. It is a question of understanding the subtle… — Rajneesh
Life in the country teaches one that the really stimulating things are the quiet, natural things, and the really wearisome things are the noisy, unnatural… — Beverley Nichols
There is another more subtle way in which the innocence of childhood is lost: when the child is infected with the desire to become somebody.… — Anthony de Mello
As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Such is hope, heaven's own gift to struggling mortals, pervading, like some subtle essence from the skies, all things both good and bad. — Charles Dickens
Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understanding of how… — Matthieu Ricard
The land retains an identity of its own, still deeper and more subtle than we can know. Our obligation toward it then becomes simple: to… — Barry Lopez
Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which… — Matthieu Ricard
The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Walking the spiritual path properly is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which leades to… — Chogyam Trungpa
You are the witness of the three bodies: the gross, the subtle, and the causal, and of the three times: past, present and future, and… — Ramana Maharshi
Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time. — William Wordsworth
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady by assiduous meditation. — Ramana Maharshi
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.… — John F. Kennedy
The Bauls say, "Don't try to force anything." Let life be a deep let-go. See God opening millions of flowers every day without forcing the… — Rajneesh

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