We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.
Alan W. WattsTag: wisdom power-of-words civilization responsibility names culture
Perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is not to be attached to the results of your actions.
Joan BorysenkoTag: wisdom
Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.
Eckhart TolleTag: wisdom
When something seems wrong in your life, the only way to have resolution with it is to let it go. Trying to make it right keeps it wrong.
Beth JohnsonTag: wisdom
A statement made from the heart has an aroma, it has lights, it has earth and
sun and moon. It is colorful and it grasps the attention of those around you,
like the sunset.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
Samuel JohnsonTag: wisdom
We are all born with genius. It's like our fairy godmother. But what happens in life is that we stop listening to our inner voices, and we no longer have access to this extraordinary ability to create poetry.
Milton GlaserTag: wisdom
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of
softness overcoming hardness.
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What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of
attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.
Tag: wisdom
How many of us are swept away by what I have come to call an 'active laziness'?
It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so that there is no time at all to confront the real issues.
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