Quote by Henepola Gunaratana Download Open image ““but rather as a set of propositions for each individual to investigate for him- or herself.”” — Henepola Gunaratana ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Observers trying to decide what a man is like look closely at his actions.” — Robert B. Cialdini Copy Share Image
“The only certain way to forge new understanding it to carry out investigations for oneself.” — Jane Borodale Copy Share Image
“Each of us is uniquely qualified for some task. We have but to find it.” — Brian Rathbone Copy Share Image
“It is your ability to discern facts that makes you an individual, and our collective trust in common knowledge that makes us a society.… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“it is impossible to begin investigation without assumptions, for they all are founded on ideas and canons which have their basis in the rational… — Herman Bavinck Copy Share Image
“In order to discover your own contents, you have to investigate the inside of someone else.” — Janice Lee Copy Share Image
“I never investigate; sometimes the most terrible thing of all is to confirm what you have only imagined.” — Pete Hamill Copy Share Image
“But one never does form a just idea of anybody beforehand. One takes up a notion and runs away with it.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“we try mentally to grab onto it or push it away. That sets the worry response in motion.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
The Buddha's message was simple but profound. Neither a life of self-indulgence nor one of self-mortification can bring happiness. Only a middle path, avoiding… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surprise,… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“You can learn to perceive your life as an ever-flowing movement. You can learn to see the continuous flow of all conditioned” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
“We spend all of our energies trying to make ourselves feel better, trying to bury our fears, endlessly seeking security.” — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience. — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
You can't ever get everything you want. It is impossible. Luckily, there is another option: You can learn to control your mind, to step… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image