When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to read more
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good read more
I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.
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I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what an inhuman world without the aged
To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.
To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.
