Noble Quote by Linji Yixuan Download Open image “Those who are nothing particular are noble people. Don't strive - just be ordinary.” — Linji Yixuan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Noble Ordinary Particular People Spiritual Spirituality Strive
Very few among us are noble, or even mature, in all parts of our nature at the same time. — Gertrude Lawrence Copy Share Image
A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Those who foolishly pride themselves on their nobility mistake that which makes them noble, for it is only the virtue of their ancestors that… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
It is noble to be shy, illustrious not to know how to act, great not to have a gift for living. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Mix with the noble people, you become one of them; and keep away from evil people to protect yourself from their evils. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Think what you like about yourself, but we will continue seeing you as you are - a noble man." "Noble -" "Not that kind… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. — Proverb Copy Share Image
When a noble deed is done, who is likely to appreciate it? They who are noble themselves. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
There isnt anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were. — Vampoxxxx Copy Share Image
When it's time to get dressed, put on your clothes. When you must walk, then walk. When you must sit, then sit. Just be… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
The moment a student blinks his eye, he's already way off. The moment he tries to think, he's already differed. The moment he arouses… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
Followers of the Way [of Chán], if you want to get the kind of understanding that accords with the Dharma, never be misled by… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
“If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the sea of delusion.” — Línjì Yìxuán Copy Share Image
If you try to grasp Zen in movement, it goes into stillness. If you try to grasp Zen in stillness, it goes into movement.… — Linji Yixuan Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share
I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If he's - the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a - is a noble institution I would - I would strongly… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Used with due abstinence, hope acts as a healthful tonic; intemperately indulged, as an enervating opiate. The visions of future triumph, which at first animate exertion, if dwelt upon too intently, will usurp the place of the stern reality; and, noble objects will be contemplated, not for their own inherent worth, but on account of the day-dreams they engender. Thus… — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share
Virtue is as little to be acquired by learning as genius; nay, the idea is barren, and is only to be employed as an instrument, in the same way as genius in respect to art. It would be as foolish to expect that our moral and ethical systems would turn out virtuous, noble, and holy beings, as that our aesthetic… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share
How difficult the task to quench the fire and the pride of private ambition, and to sacrifice ourselves and all our hopes and expectations… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image