Shikantaza Quotes & Sayings

When you discover that all happiness is inside you, the wanting and needing are over, and life gets very exciting. — Byron Katie

Obedience is a knife that cuts the cord of bondage.
Silence is a hammer that shatters the walls of speech.
Stillness is strength; pain a soft bed.
Put down your basin; emptiness is the only vessel. — Brian Staveley

But love, whether in Multan or on Siberia's icy tundra, whether in the winter or the summer, whether among the rich or the poor, whether among the beautiful or the ugly, whether among the crude or refined, love is always just love. There's no difference. — Saadat Hasan Manto

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. — Anatole France

I also want to encourage anybody who was affected by Hurricane Corina to make sure their children are in school. — Laura Bush

What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning. — Ludwig Von Mises

Was it wrong that all I wanted to do was kiss her?
I smiled, and Maggie blushed.
Oh God. So cute.
I knew then, I'd give this girl anything she asked me for. I'd probably beg her to take it. — A.L. Jackson

By definition, entrepreneurship is vulnerable. It's all about the ability to handle and manage uncertainty. People are constantly changing, budgets change, boards change, and competition means you have to stay nimble and innovative. You have to create a vision and live up to that vision. There is no vision without vulnerability. — Brene Brown

Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now, where we really live. — Kosho Uchiyama

I come from the South Bronx - a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life. — Al Pacino

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him. — George Benson

Animals never have recourse to law courts, because they have no will to love; but man, having reason, feels the need of justifying his irrational behavior when he does wrong. — Fulton J. Sheen

You saved me tonight."

"No," he said, eyes flashing, one brow arched. "You saved yourself, Al. I was just your getaway driver. — Laura Kaye

How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana? — Benjamin Alire Saenz

It is important for me to truly understand the people I am portraying and their struggles, in order to give an honest performance. — Jake T. Austin