Affliction Quote by Katsuki Sekida Download Open image “The occurrence of an evil thought is an affliction; not to continue it is the remedy.” — Katsuki Sekida ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction Evil Evil thoughts Philosophy of Mind Remedy
Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
It is a happy circumstance in human affairs that evils which are not cured in one way will cure themselves in some other. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. — Ellis Peters Copy Share Image
“Evil is to be found not within things, but in the value judgements which people bring to bear upon things. People can therefore be… — Donald Robertson Copy Share Image
To overcome evil with good is good, to resist evil with evil is evil. — Nazr Mohammed Copy Share Image
When there exists anywhere a state of suffering, a wrong, a condition of affairs that men of feeling deplore and that troubles the conscience… — Charles Wagner Copy Share Image
“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
“Zen is above all a matter of personal experience. The student is asked to accept nothing the truth of which he cannot demonstrate for… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
What has happened by chance is often difficult to repeat when it is sought deliberately. Chance is a genius. — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
You know the Zen question, 'The Bodhisattva of Great Mercy' has a thousand hands and a thousand eyes; 'which is the true eye?' I… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
“To cast off the delusive way of ordinary consciousness while sitting on a cushion in a quiet room is only the beginning. The student… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
“While you are conscious of being a Buddha, you are not truly a Buddha, because you are ensnared by the idea. You are not… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
“Zen training is a means of enabling us to live our ordinary lives supremely well.” — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image