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Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.
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Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
— Amos Bronson Alcott
You can only have bliss if you don't chase it.
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Picking the team isn't difficult, it's who to leave out.
— Kevin Keegan
No problem. You are not crazier than you were yesterday. It has always been this way, and you just never noticed.
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I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.
— Marion Cotillard
Our greatest fears are the greatest waste of time.
— Jen Sincero
The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.
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We have to learn to be kind to ourselves. In the long run avoiding unpleasantness is a very unkind thing to do to yourself.
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Peace is not a thought, not a concept; it is a nonverbal experience.
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One of the things I like about Cyber World is that it shows cyberpunk has left its heteronormative boy's club roots behind in the dust.
— Jason Heller
The way to deal with danger is to know approximately how much of it there is, where it is likely to be found, and how to deal with it when it arises.
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The purpose of meditation is personal transformation.
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Ignorance may be bliss, but it does not lead to liberation.
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Meditation changes your character.
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Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.
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The you that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the same you that comes out the other side.
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Beautiful as seemed mama's face, it became more lovely when she smiled and seemed to enliven everything about her.
— Leo Tolstoy
Pain is inevitable, suffering is not. Pain and suffering are two different animals.
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Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life.
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You can learn not to want what you want, to recognize desires but not be controlled by them.
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Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.
— Hannah More
Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior.
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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
— Samuel Johnson
When you have learned compassion for yourself, compassion for others is automatic.
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By silencing the mind, we can experience real peace. As long as various kinds of thoughts agitate the brain, we don't experience 100 percent peace.
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This is how your heart getssnagged, like a balloon on a barbed-wire fence, this is where pieces of you get torn away. — Pete Wentz