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Inspirational
Quotes
On Meditation
In solitude be a multitude to oneself.
-Tibullus-
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.
-Sogyal Rinpoche-
Never under any circumstances say that
meditation and wisdom are different; they are one unity, not two
things. Meditation itself is the substance of wisdom; wisdom itself
is the function of meditation.
-Hui-neng-
Sometimes, simply by sitting, the soul
collects wisdom.
-Zen proverb-
True silence is the rest of the mind;
it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
-William Penn-
What lies behind us and what lies before
us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
Meditation is not a way
to enlightenment,
Nor is it a method of achieving anything at all.
It is peace itself.
It is the actualization of wisdom,
The ultimate truth of the oneness of all things.
-Dogen-
Solitude is the furnace
of transformation.
-Henri Nouwen-
I only went out for a walk
and finally concluded to stay out till sundown,
for going out, I found, was really going in.
-John Muir-
The quieter you become the
more you can hear.
-Baba Ram Dass-
No great work has ever been
produced except after a long interval
of still and musing meditation.
-Walter Bagehot-
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