Boddhi Satva Quotes & Sayings

We inherited the reactivity of this part of our brain, and particularly the sensitive amygdala, from our skittish fight-or-flight ancestors. Yet so much of the inner journey means freeing ourselves from this evolutionary response so that we do not flip our lid or lose our higher reasoning when facing stressful situations. The real secret of freedom may simply be extending this brief space between stimulus and response. Meditation seems to elongate this pause and help expand our ability to choose our response. — Dalai Lama XIV

What is your name?"
"Again sir, that is no concern of yours."
"A mystery," he said. "I shall have to call you Clorinda."
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"Judith! What the devil? exclaimed Peregrine. "Has there been an accident?"
"Judith," repeated the gentleman of the curricle pensively. "I prefer Clorinda. — Georgette Heyer

Church burnout will not take place if we are seeking to please God in our service rather than to please people. — Thom S. Rainer

The god touched me once, Beka. I'd soon not get his attention again. — Tamora Pierce

Since you would save none of me, I bury some of you. — John Donne

Miranda waited. No voice spoke. No heavenly choir broke out in song. God Himself did not call her name. She frowned. Typical. — L.A. Kuehlke

Stop thinking that other people are going to come and save you. You gotta save yourself. — Rae Earl

Find the earth within. — A.D. Posey

Farmers base their livelihoods on raising crops. But farmers do not make plants grow. They don't attach the roots, glue on the petals, or color the fruit. The plant grows itself. Farmers and gardeners provide the conditions for growth. Good farmers know what those conditions are, and bad ones don't. — Ken Robinson

Are you prepared for the first wound? — Dean Koontz

It has been my face. It's got older still, or course, but less, comparatively, than it would otherwise have done. It's scored with deep, dry wrinkles, the skin is cracked. But my face hasn't collapsed, as some with fine feature have done. It's kept the same contours, but its substance has been laid waste. I have a face laid waste. — Marguerite Duras

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence. — Edward Abbey