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World Quotes by Jack Kornfield
- Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity,…
- In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is.…
- In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is…
- It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the…
- In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those…
- Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves.
- Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
- In the West, there's a myth that freedom means free expression-that to follow all desires wherever they take one is true freedom. In fact, as…
- Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your…
- The longing for initiation is universal and for modern youth, it is a desperate need. When nothing is offered in the way of spiritual initiation…
- Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the…
- Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
- To become mindful … present … is really the invitation to work with the joys and the sorrows of the world, and to do so…
- Grant that I have enough suffering that my heart really opens to the great compassion of this world, that I be given enough so that…
- The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also…
- When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very limitations of form,…
- When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.
- When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment.…
More World Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach