There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
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| — | Alfred Hitchcock (via yoothblog) |
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
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| — | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (via images-rush-my-mind) |
Throw everything away, forget about it all! You are learning too much, remembering too much, trying too hard… Relax a little bit, give life a chance to flow its own way, unassisted by your mind and effort. Stop directing the river’s flow.
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| — | Mooji (via uni-tea) |
Anything you want to ask a teacher, ask yourself, and wait for the answer in silence.
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| — | Byron Katie (via thephilosopherinparadise) |
Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.
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| — | Rita Schiano (via themeditationresolution) |
Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.
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| — | Noam Chomsky (via prometheanreach) |
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.
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| — | Aldous Huxley (via universal-wanderer) |
The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.
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Mooji (via ashramof1) |
If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you’ll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.
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| — | Paulo Coelho (via penseesduchoeur) |
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
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| — | Ernest Hemingway (via middlenameconfused) |
Above all, don’t wish to become a future Buddha;
Your only concern should be,
As thought follows thought,
To avoid clinging to any of them.
Your only concern should be,
As thought follows thought,
To avoid clinging to any of them.
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| — | Dogen Zenji (via tobiji) |
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
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| — | Alan Watts (via wethinkwedream) |
