Positive And Mediation Quotes & Sayings

In either case, ugly or beautiful, people derive a significant part of their identity, be it negative or positive, from their body. To be more precise, they derive their identity from the I-thought that they erroneously attach to the mental image or concept of their body.
Equating the physical sense-perceived body that is destined to grow old, wither and die with 'I' always leads to suffering sooner or later. — Eckhart Tolle

Shall I run back into the desert ... and stay there until the devil has passed out of me and I am fit to meet human kind again without driving it to despair at the first look? I haven't had enough desert yet. — Saul Bellow

I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work. — Billy Childish

Don't live a day without your spiritual nourishment; mediation on the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our comfort or discomfort with the outer dark is a good barometer of how we feel about the inner kind. — Barbara Brown Taylor

Meditation is the practice of silent contemplation. The practice of mediation eradicates deeply rooted negative thoughts to allow positive ones to gradually make your mind their permanent abode. Meditation calms you down. This allows you moments of non-interrupted contemplation of what's going on inside your body as well as your surroundings. It illuminates the purpose you have in life and increases your memory, focus, and productivity. — Matthew Barton

Likewise 'radical'. I'm only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot - and they're so convinced that they matter. — Cedric Price

I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching. — Mary Lambert

Mediation on word of God leads to renewal of mind; rekindle of spirit and revival of soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In [family snapshots] the flow of profane time has been stopped and a sacred interval of self-conscious revelation has been cut from it by the edge of the picture frame and the light of the sun or the flash. — Adrienne Rich

Its just tryna impress the world and then realizing that, that doesn't even matter really, you gotta impress yourself. — SonReal

The strength of my heart is the music in my spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I shutter to think how many people are underexposed and lacking depth in this field. — Rick Steves

Friends? Ha! Who was she kidding? Friends didn't tremble just because — Milly Taiden

I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed. — Mike Figgis

Since my woman's world is perceived greatly through the emotions and the senses, I treat it that way in my writing - and am often overweighted with heavy descriptive passages and a kaleidoscope of similes. — Sylvia Plath

Mediate on Scriptures. It is refreshing to the soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The roots of the discontent are internal, and each person must untangle them personally, with his or her own power. The shields that have worked in the past - the order that religion, patriotism, ethnic traditions, and habits instilled by social classes used to provide - are no longer effective for increasing numbers of people who feel exposed to the harsh winds of chaos. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

If the hare makes too many missteps and has to keep adjusting, the tortoise wins. If the tortoise spends too much time planning each step, the hare wins. — Paul Kalanithi