Fronsdal C Quotes & Sayings

Buddhism's cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm. — Gil Fronsdal

We, in the late '60s, '70s and '80s, are acting like we have just discovered freedom and liberation. But I'm sure that many women have worked for that for such a long time. — Angeles Mastretta

When you meditate, don't think about what is happening. Rather, let your awareness be seated in the tender warmth you feel in your body. If you do this, any meditation practice you do will be fruitful. — Gil Fronsdal

One of the things that kills Buddhist spiritual life is excessive seriousness. — Gil Fronsdal

You know, I've always wanted to be a young Charles Kuralt. I started in this business with just a Winnebago and a dream. — Jon Stewart

People who do not see their choices do not believe they have choices. — Gil Fronsdal

Freedom from clinging gives room in our hearts to grow. — Gil Fronsdal

The gift of Dharma surpasses all gifts. The taste of Dharma surpasses all tastes. The delight in Dharma surpasses all delights. The destruction of craving conquers all suffering. — Gil Fronsdal

Giving a brief sermon, the Abbess once said, 'A hot furnace does not need to be heated. A loving heart does not need to be loved. Being loving is more important than being loved. — Gil Fronsdal

Repetition and ritual and their good results come in many forms: changing the oil filter, wiping noses, going to meetings, picking up around the house, washing dishes, checking the dipstick ... such a round of chores is not a set of difficulties we hope to escape from so that we may do our practice, which will put us on the path. It is our path. — Gil Fronsdal

You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace. — Gil Fronsdal

Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself. — Christopher Bollen

It can be easy to love all beings from a distance; it can be a great challenge when we have to live with them. — Gil Fronsdal

We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth. — Kevin Solomons

Nothing whatsoever is worth the cost of a contracted heart. — Gil Fronsdal

Who are you in the silence between your thoughts? — Gil Fronsdal

Freedom from clinging allows us bring love into all aspects of our life. — Gil Fronsdal

While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional. — John Green

To be 'free' only when things are pleasant is not real freedom. — Gil Fronsdal

Self love is an ocean
and your heart is a vessel. Make it full,
and any excess will spill over
into the lives of the people
you hold dear. But you must come first. — Beau Taplin

I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else. — Dawn French

Generosity is not limited to the giving of material things. We can be generous with our kindness and receptivity. Generosity can mean the simple giving of a smile or extending ourselves to really listen to a friend. Paradoxically, even being willing to receive the generosity of others can be a form of generosity. — Gil Fronsdal

Better than a thousand meaningless statements Is one meaningful word, Which, having been heard, Brings peace. — Gil Fronsdal

Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth. — Gil Fronsdal

The church occupies the space he has made so that the world may see what a people look like who are not determined by the destructive fantasy that we can secure our lives through violence. — Stanley Hauerwas

Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act — Gil Fronsdal

Those who consider the inessential to be essential
And see the essential as inessential Don't reach the essential,
Living in the field of wrong intention — Gautama Buddha

Before the downpour, Al had thought Lou looked alluring in her pale pink T-shirt and simple flowered skirt. Her soft brown waves bounced around her shoulders with the humidity. She was simply beautiful. But with the addition of water, she evolved into a siren. Her thin cotton clothes clung to every curve. She slicked her hair away from her face, as if emerging from an enchanted lake. — Amy E. Reichert

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving — Gil Fronsdal

Greater in combat Than a person who conquers A thousand times a thousand people Is the person who conquers herself. — Gil Fronsdal

Acapulco in the sunset seems like a balm; it enters the blood like a drug after one inhalation of the scent of flowers, one glimpse of the bay iridescent like silk, the sunset like the inside of a shell, so much like the flesh of Venus. — Anais Nin

There's actually no point in following in another's footsteps TOO exactly, you'll end up leaving no tracks of your own. — Mike A. Lancaster

If you want to attain peace, live peacefully — Gil Fronsdal

It's easy to do what is not good And things that harm oneself. It's very difficult to do Things beneficial and good. — Gil Fronsdal