Quotes by Speakers - Page 38

Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.
Anne Lamott
To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.
Alan W. Watts
The brush must draw by itself. This cannot happen if one does not practice constantly. But neither can it happen if one makes an effort.
Alan W. Watts
[I]t would seem that to be incapable of sitting and watching with the mind completely at rest is to be incapable of experiencing the world in which we live to the full. For one does not know the world simply in thinking about it and doing about it. One must first experience it more directly, and prolong the experience without jumping to conclusions.
Alan W. Watts
[I]t is typical of Zen that its style of action has the strongest feeling of commitment, of "follow-through." It enters into everything wholeheartedly and freely without having to keep an eye on itself. It does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan W. Watts
It is both dangerous and absurd for our world to be a group of communions mutually excommunicate.
Alan W. Watts
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
Alan W. Watts
For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere.
Alan W. Watts
My conscious mind must have its roots and origins in the most unfathomable depths of being, yet it feels as if it lived all by itself in this tight little skull.
Alan W. Watts
Healing comes by three avenues; what one eats, thinks and celebrates.
T.F. Hodge
Sometimes, rather than just think about it, we need to feel about it. The intellect is limited or finite, while intuition connects to a sea of unlimited consciousness that expands far beyond time and space (as we know it).
T.F. Hodge
If he lacks verbal expression of it, you may find his love profoundly in his works, deeds and creativity; so recognize rather than criticize.
T.F. Hodge
Doing things for others can make the 'giver' happy, but trying to change or control another will drive you crazy, because it cannot be sustained. One must give without expectation(s) and allow others, even your offspring, the opportunity of self-determination -- even when you "perceive" danger on the road ahead; each spiritual journey has a right to its own fulfillment. We must learn how to stay in our lane.
T.F. Hodge
CAPITALISM: If everything worked without need of repair, upgrade or replacement, then peaceful minds and prosperity would prevail among the masses rather than just the few who control markets.
T.F. Hodge
Streams of conscious ‘knowing’ flows like the Nile when one is open from within.
T.F. Hodge
Upon examination of a people’s history, beware the story teller’s motives.
T.F. Hodge
It's like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall. Smash! And all that ink spread. And in the middle, it's dense, isn't it? And as it gets out on the edge, the little droplets get finer and finer and make more complicated patterns, see? So in the same way, there was a big bang at the beginning of things and it spread. And you and I, sitting here in this room, as complicated human beings, are way, way out on the fringe of that bang. We are the complicated little patterns on the end of it. Very interesting. But so we define ourselves as being only that. If you think that you are only inside your skin, you define yourself as one very complicated little curlique, way out on the edge of that explosion. Way out in space, and way out in time. Billions of years ago, you were a big bang, but now you're a complicated human being. And then we cut ourselves off, and don't feel that we're still the big bang. But you are. Depends how you define yourself. You are actually--if this is the way things started, if there was a big bang in the beginning-- you're not something that's a result of the big bang. You're not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are. When I meet you, I see not just what you define yourself as--Mr so-and- so, Ms so-and-so, Mrs so-and-so--I see every one of you as the primordial energy of the universe coming on at me in this particular way. I know I'm that, too. But we've learned to define ourselves as separate from it.
Alan W. Watts
Rules, laws and codes become obsolete among the self-governed.
T.F. Hodge
When you’re being celebrated and flying high, don’t allow fanatics (fans) to elevate you so far out that you forget whose sky it is.
T.F. Hodge
In the company of ignorance, be silent...or join the suffering.
T.F. Hodge
Death follows stagnation
T.F. Hodge
One who rules is ruled.
T.F. Hodge
Diet corresponding to blood type, not food hype.
T.F. Hodge
Haters' don't hate you, they hate self and project the energy outward because there is no courage to confront internal fears. Therefore, ignore hate or else it becomes you, also.
T.F. Hodge
Waste no time lamenting with regard to what is lacking. In such instances, immediately turn focus toward what is to be...and remain poised to receive that which is due.
T.F. Hodge
Don't rush to fellowship at the church, temple or mosque if you don't do so at the house - first. "Charity begins at home".
T.F. Hodge
If someone you love and care for is determined to traverse the path of despair, natural law obliges that they ‘will’ regardless of any and all efforts to redirect their lowly path.
T.F. Hodge
Do not hate someone else’s ‘shine’…but have enough courage to look in the mirror and see the truth for what it is.
T.F. Hodge
When they bring the drama, get silent, don't react...and watch what happens (not to you, but those who habitually thrive on your 'willing' participation).
T.F. Hodge
Each one comes to their own understanding and recognition of truth in their own time, not in yours.
T.F. Hodge
No matter how much and how often - 'things' will never compensate for loss or absence...no matter how guilty a parent feels.
T.F. Hodge
One who seeks to control others is one who suffers from the affliction of fear.
T.F. Hodge
I belong to the divine source from which I originated.
T.F. Hodge
The planet is littered with irresponsible gods.
T.F. Hodge
Don't pound your chest when it's all good, then blame God when it's all bad.
T.F. Hodge
Be better than yesterday.
T.F. Hodge
What we possess owns us, and we absolutely own nothing.
T.F. Hodge
The companion of patience is silence.
T.F. Hodge
Rise up to wise up.
T.F. Hodge
Careful not to blur the lines between what belongs to characters, and what does not belong to you. Even 'reality tv' is scripted. Don't get it twisted. ~T.F. Hodge
T.F. Hodge
What is different is not necessarily dangerous, and what is similar is not always secure.
T.F. Hodge
In the company of ignorance, be silent…and run!
T.F. Hodge
Realize clarity from calamity.
T.F. Hodge
After a bad trip, don't carry your luggage on board the next flight. Stay grounded til you figure out a new way to travel.
T.F. Hodge
Our weaknesses as a worker are only amplified by being in leadership.
Miles Anthony Smith
The spirit is liquid and easily flows and surges, sinking and boiling with the currents of circumstances. Bringing every thought into the obedience of Christ is no easy-chair job.
Elisabeth Elliot
Introverts just just don't buzz as easily.
Susan Cain
Step out today not seeking to be in the spotlight but seeking for a spot to light - be a blessing to someone
Bernard Kelvin Clive
So often we think that Allah only tests us with hardships, but this isn’t true. Allah also tests with ease. He tests us with na`im (blessings) and with the things we love, and it is often in these tests that so many of us fail. We fail because when Allah gives us these blessings, we unwittingly turn them into false idols of the heart.
Yasmin Mogahed
To have our needs met, to love, to be loved, to feel safe in this world and to each know our purpose, is a simple matter of creating those blessings for others.
Bryant McGill
Underneath all things means that beneath the floorboards, in the depths, in the spaces between the pebbles or sandy floor that contain the pond, that hold our own inside person, is something that can't be destroyed, a foundation that keeps all the water from sinking back into the earth. Something is there, something we need, when we come to rest, when all is lost.
Anne Lamott
I am suggesting that we don’t put the “income” cart before the “contentment” horse.
Miles Anthony Smith
Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.
Miles Anthony Smith
There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.
Miles Anthony Smith
What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.
Miles Anthony Smith
Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?
Miles Anthony Smith
In the name of all that is holy, please consider the wages of a particular profession before you select that degree plan.
Miles Anthony Smith
The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed.
Miles Anthony Smith
Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.
Miles Anthony Smith
Labor saving devices have destroyed many jobs but have given rise to many new ones. It simply is up to us if we are going to resist or embrace the future.
Miles Anthony Smith