Compassion Quote by Sharon Salzberg

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

— Ron Silver

I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.

— Sandra Brown

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

— Nhat Hanh

“Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we are used…

— Sharon Salzberg

“One of the defining symptoms of ADHD is distraction.”

— Melissa Orlov

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant…

— Ramana Maharshi

I feel very privileged to get to read and write and not to have to do things that I don't like, and I don't…

— Pankaj Mishra

You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distractions. They're people in the cheap seats…

— Clarence Thomas

Not knowing how to feed the spirit, we try to muffle its demands in distraction...What matters is that one be for a time inwardly…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

As a social and as a personal force, religion has become a dependent variable. It does not originate; it reacts. It does not denounce;…

— C. Wright Mills

To really be of benefit to others as the Buddha always taught, we ourselves must first get out of the swamp. One of the…

— Tenzin Palmo

I spend a lot of time loathing the sentences that I put down on the page. Once I'm past that phase, it doesn't really…

— Kelly Link

Almost all accidents take place because of human distraction.

— Sebastian Thrun

I don't want this to be a distraction. This has been distracting enough. I'm not going to rehash this going forward. I'm sure other…

— Jayson Werth

I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it…

— Gus Kenworthy