We Gain Quotes
112 We Gain quotes by 93 unique authors
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Do not dismayed daughters, at the number of things which you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal…
— Teresa of Avila
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The way we gain wisdom in meditation is not by explanation. If you go into the planes of light, you will come out of the…
— Frederick Lenz
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I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because…
— Joshua Waitzkin
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Time holds the final claim check for everything we gain or attain in this lifetime. All of our possessions, along with the people we love,…
— Frederick Lenz
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With the power of one's will we stop thought and move into alternate forms of perception. We gain that power through practicing very, very, very…
— Frederick Lenz
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Meditation increases our vitality and strengthens our intelligence. Our beauty is enhanced and our mental accuracy and health are improved. We gain the mental fortitude…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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Children, those who are unmarried should conserve their vital energy by maintaining celibacy. To turn what we gain by this in to ojas (vitality), we…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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My family had all kinds of complications in relationships. I would like to meet the person who did not. Since when is being absolutely perfect…
— Anthony Edwards
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And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical…
— Aristotle
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The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we…
— Pope Benedict XIV
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What we gain by experience is not worth that we lose in illusion
— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
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As we gain satisfaction from artificial substitutes for nature we forget that there is no known substitute for Nature, the real thing and its eons…
— Michael J Cohen
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By disciplining and training the mind to focus on one thing, we gain control of perception; we learn to grab it and put it someplace…
— Frederick Lenz
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The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What…
— Eric Hoffer
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The ability to laugh at life is right at the top, with love and communication, in the hierarchy of our needs. Humour has much to…
— Sara Davidson
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The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
— Charles Darwin
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent…
— Charles Lamb
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What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is…
— Thomas Merton
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We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire;…
— Maria Mitchell
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that…
— Eleanor Roosevelt
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We gain freedom when we have paid the full price.
— Rabindranath Tagore
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As we gain experience with the Holy Ghost, we learn that the intensity with which we feel the Spirit's influence is not always the same.
— David A. Bednar
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When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience. When…
— Dalai Lama
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