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Famous Quotes & Sayings“ Every possible idea therefore may be said to be used existentially, for every possible idea qualifies and is true of a real world. And the number of real worlds, in a word, is indefinite. Every idea therefore in a sense is true, and is true of reality. The question with every idea is how far and in what sense is it true. The question is always whether, qualifying reality in one sense, the idea qualifies reality in another sense also. For, true in one world, an idea may be false in another world... ” “ It isn't addition of possessions, but subtraction of desires which promotes happiness. ” “ Oops I did it again ” “ True self-awareness, plus the ability to choose our perceptions of life, the universe and everything, is the basis of free will. Every situation and scene in front of us has so many possibilities in terms of how we perceive and interpret. If someone is 10% selfish and 90% generous what should we focus on, what should we perceive first within them? Most of us are now well trained to perceive and focus on the negative, the selfishness in others, and to follow it quickly with accusation and judgement. We forget that what we perceive is what we empower within another and, more importantly what we perceive is what we empower within ourselves in that moment. And what we choose to see is usually what we get. So how important is it that we choose to perceive only the best, the highest, the greatest in another, even if its only a half a percent? Bosses and parents - take note!! Dont forget - your perception is your reality. Your perception is what you project. And what you project is what comes back! ” “ We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side. ” “ Dont waste your life for that which is going to be taken away. Trust life. If you trust, only then can you drop your knowledge, only then can you put your mind aside. And with trust, something immense opens up. Then this life is no longer ordinary life, it becomes full of God, overflowing. When the heart is innocent and the walls have disappeared, you are bridged with infinity. And you are not deceived; there is nothing that can be taken away from you. That which can be taken away from you is not worth keeping, and that which cannot be taken away from you... why should one be afraid of its being taken away? It cannot be taken away, there is no possibility. You cannot lose your real treasure. ” “ It is much easier to believe that it's snowing, than to experience the snow. If you just believe, you can stay inside, stay warm and avoid the cold. That's why people are led up the garden path by others beliefs. It's easier and warmer. And all this 'believing stuff' starts in kindergarten. In the context of your spiritual or personal growth, believe nothing, experiment and test everything, in the laboratory of your own experience. Only then will you be able to separate truth from falsehood, reality from illusion, and lead others with integrity. Challenge and check at least one belief everyday. And if it's found wanting, chuck it or change it. Challenge, check, then chuck or change, now that's a master at work. ” “ Both your friend and your enemy think that you will never die. ” “ Have you ever noticed that good people sleep better, but bad people seem to have more fun when they're awake? ” “ It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test. ” “ I am one of those people who have prepared my life well. ” “ But to rationalize faith is not to admit the superiority of philosophy over religion. ” “ IKE The world is what you think it is - be aware KALA There are no limits - be free MAKIA Energy flows where attention goes - be focused MANAWA Now is the moment of power - be here ALOHA To love is to be happy with - be happy MANA All power comes from within - be confident PONO Effectiveness is the measure of truth - be positive ” “ For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted. A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to break down, and a time to build up. A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance. A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing. A time to seek, and a time to lose. A time to keep, and a time to throw away. A time to tear, and a time to sew. A time to keep silence, and a time to speak. A time to love, and a time to hate, A time for war, and a time for peace. ” “ It's strange that men should take up crime when there are so many legal ways to be dishonest. ” “ To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals--that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him. ” “ Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ” “ A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ” “ A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation. ” “ You bring out the best in others, because you see the best in others ” “ It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it. ” “ Freedom is from within ” “ Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ” “ The creative path leads directly to a sacred realm. ” “ The happiest of people dont necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. ” “ Even the people we most admire often feel inadequate. ” “ Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. ” “ The world is your garden from which you remove weeds of doubt and replace them with seeds of hope. ” “ The best proof of love is trust. ” “ The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet. ” “ I am a part of all that I have met. ” “ To find a buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his or her nature is a buddha. If you don’t see your nature, invoking buddhas, reciting sutras, making offerings result in good karma. Reciting sutras results in good memory. Keeping precepts results in a good rebirth. And making offerings results in future blessings. But no buddha. ” “ A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. ” “ What I experience now is a result of the past; what I experience in the future depends on what I do now. ” “ The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. ” “ A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is possible to help them restore their self-belief by keeping a firm, clear vision of their goodness and specialities. Taking a gently encouraging approach, I must never give up on anyone. ” “ I think I am basically a happy person. ” “ Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own. ” “ Water, everywhere over the earth, flows to join together. A single natural law controls it. Each human is a member of a community and should work within it. ” “ Even if a knife is made of gold, a person won't stab his own heart with it. ” “ We all find occasion to reject and resist another person. We all like to put up a fight against anything we dislike on the evening news as we spectate the world. But we forget that when we decide we will resist something or somebody, either mentally or physically, we only empower the object of our resistance, either in reality or in our own minds. If you want to enjoy the ability to influence, always start with acceptance. If you want to disarm another begin with acceptance. If you want to encourage and empower another to change, start with acceptance. Don't make it conditional. Otherwise it's just resistance disguised as acceptance, and you are still trying to control them. And we can all smell a controller...can't you? ” “ Let your actions be equal to your words. ” “ Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. ” “ The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. ” “ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ” “ Sleep is the best meditation. ” “ The heart of an evil person is never pure ” “ The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind. ” “ Mastery isn't reserved for the supertalented. It's available to anyone who is willing to get on the path and stay on it- regardless of age, sex, or previous experience. ” “ For those who intend to discover and to understand, not to indulge in conjectures and soothsaying, and rather than contrive imitation and fabulous worlds plan to look deep into the nature of the real world and to dissect it -- for them everything must be sought in things themselves. ” “ Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. ” “ There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. ” “ And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the life in your years. ” “ Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to become a child again, how to start existing without mind again, how to be here without any mind. ” “ Great anger is more destructive than the sword. ” “ A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. ” “ The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves! ” “ You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. ” “ You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want. ” “ Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten' ” “ When the Divine Being is epiphanized to the believer in the form of his faith, this faith is true. He professes this faith in this world. But when the veil is lifted in the other world, the knot ('aqd), that is to say, the dogma ('aqida) which binds him to his particular faith, is untied; dogma gives way to knowledge by direct vision (mushahada). For the man of authentic faith, capable of spiritual vision, this is the beginning of an ascending movement after death. ” “ Jump and you shall laught! ” “ If I throw a stone into a pond, the ripples come straight back to me. ” “ Instead of being afraid of difficult situations, consider them to be your teacher and learn a lesson from them. ” “ Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ” “ Humility dismisses nothing, rather, it takes even small things into consideration. It recognises that whatever life presents, needs to be respected. Small things are easily found in something big, but inside little things there is often greatness. ” “ There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. ” “ To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him ” “ It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. ” “ Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. ” “ Worry is otherwise known as 'fantasised catastrophising' where we create an image of the future and use it to frighten ourselves! Be aware that you are doing it, then stop doing it, otherwise the image will become a self fulfilling prophesy. Imagine only the brightest future, and so it will be. Besides there is nothing to worry about... unless you are under the illusion that your well-being and security are dependent on material things. If they are, then you will have many ways in which you can create worry. Possible loss, damage, separation, uncertainty are but a few. Look, you're killing yourself with worry, all because of the misuse of your imagination. Don't do it. ” “ The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuelan Haiti and Cuba. ” “ He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. ” “ May you be a great soul and perform every act as a special act worthy to be remembered. A great soul is one whose every thought and every act is great. Not a single thought should be ordinary or wasteful. No action should be ordinary or meaningless. ” “ Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude. ” “ You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body ” “ You just look around, look into the eyes of a child, or into the eyes of your beloved, your mother, your friend - or just feel a tree. Have you ever hugged a tree? Hug a tree, and one day you will come to know that it is not only that you have hugged the tree but that the tree also responds, the tree also hugs you. Then for the first time you will be able to know that the tree is not just the form, it is not just a certain species the botanists talk about, it is an unknown God - so green in your courtyard, so full of flowers in your courtyard, so close to you, beckoning you, calling you again and again. ” “ I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ” “ In this world the greatest courage is to drop the mind aside. The bravest man is who can see the world without the barrier of the mind, just as it is. It is tremendously different, utterly beautiful. There is nobody who is inferior and there is nobody who is superior -- there are no distinctions. ” “ Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ” “ Let a man strive to purify his thoughts. What a man thinketh, that is he; this is the eternal mystery. Dwelling within himself with thoughts serene, he will obtain imperishable happiness. ” “ Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. ” “ I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't. ” “ New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate. ” “ One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. ” “ When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ” “ Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. ” “ Enlightenment will be now the beginning, not the end. Beginning of a non-ending process in all dimensions of richness. ” “ Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with in gratitude. ” “ The hour which gives us life begins to take it away. ” “ For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. ” “ I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. ” “ Sickness is a thing of the spirit. ” “ Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery ” “ By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. ” “ If you do something, expect consequences ” “ The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ” “ When I become excessively critical towards others, it means I am going in the wrong direction. We are usually very good at spotting mistakes, but we should develop the quality of also spotting goodness. If I can see what is good in others or in situations and go beyond the curtain of negativity, I feel good about myself. If I constantly think "he is wrong", I instead create a barrier which blocks me from reaching my own goodness. A very ancient law says: "just as I treat others, I shall be treated by others." ” “ Man has lost one quality, the quality of zestfulness. And without zest, what is life? Just waiting for death? It can't be anything else. Only with zest do you live; otherwise you vegetate.Man has lost one quality, the quality of zestfulness. And without zest, what is life? Just waiting for death? It can't be anything else. Only with zest do you live; otherwise you vegetate. ” “ Doubt is the vestibule which we all must pass through before we can enter the temple of truth. ” |
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