Tensions Quotes

110 quotes by 94 authors

When sudden death takes a president, opportunities for new beginnings flourish among the ambitious and the tensions among such people can be dramatic, as they… — Russell Baker
No single tradition monopolizes the truth. We must glean the best values of all traditions and work together to remove the tensions between traditions in… — Nhat Hanh
As we free our breath through diaphragmatic breathing, we relax our emotions and let go our body tensions. — Gay Hendricks
Whenever you drop something by fight, it is never dropped. You can drop smoking by fighting, and then you will start doing something else which… — Rajneesh
You cannot stop smoking directly because it has many related things, implications. You are tense, and if you stop smoking you will start something else… — Rajneesh
A meditator cannot smoke, for the simple reason that he never feels nervous, in anxiety, in tension. Smoking helps - on a momentary basis -… — Rajneesh
The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a longing to be… — Rajneesh
Whatever you are doing, if there is contentment and a feeling that this whole existence is nothing but the manifestation of godliness, that we are… — Rajneesh
Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit.… — Ada Louise Huxtable
A nation is held together by shared values, shared beliefs, shared attitudes. That is what enables a people to maintain a cohesive society despite the… — John W. Gardner
Integrity is the factor that determines which one will prevail. We struggle daily with situations that demand decisions between what we want to do and… — John C. Maxwell
There is no life without work, anxieties or tensions. Peace is not found in avoiding these but in understanding them and controlling their force. — Wendy Beckett
Psychiatrists declare that most of our fatigue derives from our mental and emotional attitudes... What kinds of emotional factors tire the sedentary (or sitting) worker?… — Dale Carnegie
The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting… — Bruce Lee
I'd take out a joint and light it. First, just faking it. Then I started lighting live joints, passing them around to the band, you… — Barbra Streisand
Putting a little time aside for clean fun and good humor is very necessary to relieve the tensions of our time. — Hattie McDaniel
Contrary to the claims of the supporters of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the sponsors of H.Res. 676, the Civil Rights Act of… — Ron Paul
Truly embracing the fragility and tensions of life...brings with it the possibility of true joy. — Peter Rollins
An empty canvas, apparently really empty, that says nothing and is without significance â€“ almost dull, in fact â€“ in reality, is crammed with thousands… — Wassily Kandinsky
To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. — Anne McCaffrey

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