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#1

“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.”
― Marcel Proust

tags: growth, life, living, outlook

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#2

“Love. What was it, really? The desire to possess someone, or the desire to free them?”
― Robert R. McCammon, Speaks the Nightbird

tags: desire, love

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#3

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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#4

“If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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#5

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.”
― sylvia plath

tags: goals

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#6

“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: neurosis

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#7

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

tags: books, reading

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#8

“A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Sudelbücher.

tags: books, intelligence, mirrors

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#9

“A wise old owl lived in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Why aren’t we all like that old bird?”
― Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

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#10

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”
― Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

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#11

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

tags: books, infinite-jest

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#12

“Everyone loves something for nothing...even if it costs everything.”
― Stephen King, Needful Things

tags: inspirational-philosophical

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#13

“You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.”
― Ajahn Chah

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#14

“If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.”
― Ajahn Chah

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#15

“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah, Reflections

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#16

“If we see everything as uncertain, then their I value fades away.”
― Ajahn Chah

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#17

“Buddha once saw a jackal, a wild dog, run out of the forest where he was staying. It stood still for a while, then it ran into the underbrush, and then out again. Then it ran into a tree hollow, then out again. Then it went into a cave, only to run out again. One minute it stood, the next it ran, then it lay down, then it jumped up. The jackal had the mange. When it stood, the mange would eat into its skin, so it would run. Running, it was still uncomfortable, so it would stop. Standing, it was still uncomfortable, so it would lie down. Then it would jump up again, running to the underbrush, the tree hollow, never staying still. The Buddha said, “Monks, did you see that jackal this afternoon? Standing, it suffered. Running, it suffered. Sitting, it suffered. Lying down, it suffered. It blamed standing for its discomfort. It blamed sitting. It blamed running and lying down. It blamed the tree, the underbrush, and the cave. In fact, the problem was with none of those things. The problem was with his mange.” We are just the same as that jackal. Our discontent is due to wrong view. Because we don’t exercise sense restraint, we blame our suffering on externals. Whether we live in Thailand, America or England, we aren’t satisfied. Why not? Because we still have wrong view. Just that! So wherever we go, we aren’t content. But just as that jackal would be content wherever it went as soon as its mange was cured, so would we be content wherever we went once we rid ourselves of wrong view.”
― Ajahn Chah

tags: buddhism

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#18

“Just try to keep your mind in the present. Whatever arises in the mind, just watch it and let go of it. Don't even wish to be rid of thoughts. Then the mind will return to its natural state. No discriminating between good and bad, hot and cold, fast and slow. No me and no you, no self at all—just what there is. When you walk there is no need to do anything special. Simply walk and see what is there. No need to cling to isolation or seclusion. Wherever you are, know yourself by being natural and watching. If doubts arise, watch them come and go. It's very simple. Hold on to nothing. It's as though you are walking down a road. Periodically you will run into obstacles. When you meet defilements, just see them and overcome them by letting them go. Don't think about the obstacles you've already passed; don't worry about those you have not yet seen. Stick to the present. Don't be concerned about the length of the road or the destination. Everything is changing. Whatever you pass, don't cling to it. Eventually the mind will reach its natural balance where practice is automatic. All things will come and go of themselves.”
― Ajahn Chah, A Still Forest Pool: The Insight Meditation of Achaan Chah

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#19

“Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. Ajahn Chah”
― Ajahn Chah

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#20

“Wherever the mind has a lot of attachment, we will experience intense suffering, intense grief, intense difficulty right there. The place we experience the most problems is the place we have the most attraction, longing and concern. Please try to resolve this.

Now, while you still have life and breath, keep on looking at it and reading it until you are able to ‘translate’ it and solve the problem.”
― Ajahn Chah

tags: buddhism

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#21

“There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.”
― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

tags: farming, living, nature

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#22

“Nothing can disturb your peace of mind unless you allow it to.”
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

tags: inner-peace, inspiration, inspirational, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-life, inspirational-quotes, inspire, inspiring, life, life-and-living, life-lessons, life-quotes, living, optimism, optimistic, peace-of-mind, positive, positive-affirmation, positive-life, positive-thinking

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#23

“Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.”
― Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, The Waste Books

tags: character, critical-thinking, opinions, peace-of-mind, strength

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#24

“But I need solitude--which is to say, recovery, return to myself, the breath of a free, light, playful air.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

tags: happiness, nietzsche, peace-of-mind, quiteness, solitude

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#25

“Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.”
― Germany Kent

tags: attitude-of-gratitude, attitude-of-gratitude-grateful, being-happy, being-positive, being-real, being-realistic, broaden, broaden-horizons, broaden-the-mind, broadening-of-knowledge, broadening-the-mind, broadens, changes, changes-in-life, changes-in-thought, changes-in-your-life, changes-of-our-lives, contentment, emotions, emotions-and-attitude, emotions-and-control, emotions-communication, emotions-control-people, emotions-inspiration, emotions-quotes, emotions-that-bind, enough, expressed, germany-kent, germany-kent-quote, germany-kent-quotes, grateful, grateful-attitude, grateful-heart, grateful-outlook, grateful-quotes, grateful-soul, gratefulness, gratefulness-quotes, gratitude, gratitude-attitude, gratitude-happiness-inner-peace, gratitude-is-a-choice, gratitude-life-happiness-success, gratitude-quotes, gratitude-works, hope-guru, human, human-being, human-condition, human-development, human-emotions, human-nature, humanity-and-society, living-with-joy, more-than-enough, outlook, outlook-and-attitude, outlook-in-life, peace, peace-of-mind, perspective, perspective-on-life, perspectives, perspectives-on-gratitude, powerful, powerful-people, powerful-quotes, powerful-women, powerful-words, the-hope-guru, the-moment

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#26

“A balanced inner calmness radiates from a peaceful centre. It neither craves others' approval nor rejects others' presence. It neither pulls towards nor pushes away. It has a reverent attitude towards life and all its inhabitants.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

tags: approval, approval-of-others, balance, balanced-life, confidence, enlightenment, inner-beauty, inner-confidence, inner-peace, inner-self, inner-strength, life, peace, peace-of-mind, peaceful, rejection, rejections, relationships, reverent, spiritual-growth, spiritual-wisdom, spirituality, yoga

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#27

“The most important reason for your “no” is that you need your downtime so you won’t behave like a jerk because you’re depleted. And you don’t want to battle an appetite spiked by the stress of overcommitment. But that’s your secret; others don’t need that information. So just smile, say no, thank you, and keep moving.”
― Holly Mosier

tags: happiness, overcoming-obstacles, peace-of-mind, purpose, stress

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#28

“When God is ready for you to move, He will make your situation uncomfortable.”
― Germany Kent

tags: be-encouraged, believe, believers-in-god, change, change-is-coming, change-is-constant, change-is-good, change-is-possible, change-quotes, change-your-life, changes, dont-give-up, dont-give-up-quotes, dont-quit, encourage-yourself, encouragement-and-attitude, encouragement-quotes, encouragements, god, god-quotes, god-s-messages, god-s-will, gods-grace, gods-plan, have-a-little-faith, have-faith, have-faith-in-god, have-faith-in-your-future, have-faith-in-your-self, have-faith-in-yourself, hold-on, hold-onto-god, peace-of-mind, peace-of-mind-quotes, stay-focused, stay-strong, stay-strong-and-positive, staying-positive, truth, truth-of-life, wait-on-god

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#29

“Our culture encourages us to plan every moment and fill our schedules with one activity and obligation after the next, with no time to just be. But the human body and mind require downtime to rejuvenate. I have found my greatest moments of joy and peace just sitting in silence, and then I take that joy and peace with me out into the world.”
― Holly Mosier

tags: culture, mind-body-spirit, mindfulness, peace-of-mind, purpose, stress-management, stress-relief

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#30

“Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”
― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

tags: peace-of-mind

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