Quote by Henepola Gunaratana Download Open image ““The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built.”” — Henepola Gunaratana ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A good trap, like a good story, has to arise naturally from the environment. It has to be seamless. If the prey suspects what’s… — E.J. Patten Copy Share Image
“Life is full of traps; the most dangerous of these are the traps that you do not realize even after you are caught because… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“There are traps built into any kind of knowledge gained from observation.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“A trap, like a good story, needs to hint at greater things without revealing them until the prey is snared.” — E.J. Patten Copy Share Image
“But that’s the way prophecies work. You try to avoid the trap, and in doing so you end up building the trap yourself and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“But minds find ways to protect themselves, build fortifications, and some of those walls become traps.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“But it is difficult to tell whether something is an oppurtunity or a trap when you are put on the spot.” — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“if you know where you are putting your foot , you will see any traps and be able to avoid them” — Paulo Coelho 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
