"It is a form of violence, to not……" — Jon Kabat-Zinn
"It is a form of violence, to not see a being for who he or she really is. You think, "Oh, that's my son." But the lens, "my son," completely obliterates the multi- dimensions of that being. Maybe you only see your disappointments in that child, or you aspirations for that child, but that's not the child."
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110 Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing…
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As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill…
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek…
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Non-doing has nothing to do with being indolent or passive. Quite the contrary. It takes great courage and energy to…
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Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another.
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No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening…
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When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing…
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It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that…
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Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment,…
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Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from…
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by…
— Marcus Aurelius
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex…
— Sri Aurobindo
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To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite,…
— Charles Baudelaire
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The specific is not exclusive: it lacks the aspiration to totality.
— Theodor Adorno
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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them…
— Allan Bloom
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything…
— Victor Borge
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
— Robert Browning
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
— William Ellery Channing
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You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.
— James Allen
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
— James Allen
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