"When you run after your thoughts, you are……" — Milarepa

"When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick"

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30 Quotes by Milarepa

Milarepa has 30 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the…
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.
You menace others with your deadly fangs. But in tormenting them, you are only tormenting yourselves.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a…
Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.
I have no desire for wealth or possessions, and so I have nothing. I do not experience the initial suffering…
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire…
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction;…
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown,…
I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.

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More Chasing Quotes

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Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if… — Bono
We still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work. — Alvin Ailey
I'm chasing perfection. — Kobe Bryant
A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams… — Chin-Ning Chu
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion. — Tony Hsieh
I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field. — Calvin Coolidge
Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture. — Winston Churchill
For over five years this man has been chasing around Europe like a madman in search of something he could… — Adolf Hitler
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name wirtten on it. — Mike Krzyzewski
You know lots of criticism is written by characters who are very academic and think it is a sign you… — Ernest Hemingway
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Work hard, not in grunt work, but in chasing such opportunities and maximizing exposure to them. This makes living in… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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