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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Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
What I want back is what I was
Before the bed, before the knife,
Before the brooch-pin and the salve
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What I want back is what I was
Before the bed, before the knife,
Before the brooch-pin and the salve
Fixed me in this parenthesis;
Horses fluent in the wind,
A place, a time gone out of mind.
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness
I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.
I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
There is no coming to consciousness without pain.
When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you read more
When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.
