"You cannot be present in an abstract way.……" — Leonard Jacobson
"You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here."
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Leonard Jacobson
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64 Quotes by Leonard Jacobson
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We are on a journey of becoming that which we already are. That is the impossible paradox of our lives.
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If you can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, you can be present…
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You don't realize that if you stop looking backwards craving the love and acceptance which you didn't receive from your…
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You can be sad for others but you don't have to take on their pain.
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It is not until you awaken and become fully present that you will realize that you have not been present.…
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Wanting others to love you, you give away your heart. Wanting others to see you, you give away your eyes.
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If you fully awaken, you will not know yourself. Understand this, and you will understand all.
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You get lost because you think there is somewhere to go. If you give up believing in a goal or…
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You can live in a house, but your real home is inside you.
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It is far wiser to ask for a question than an answer. When you think you have all the answers,…
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"What do I want?" is your question. And what you want is always changing with the flow. So go with…
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THE JOURNEY IS FROM HERE TO HERE. AND THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN ARRIVE IS NOW.
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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
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I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really…
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
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None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still…
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
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Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change…
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
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It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without…
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