Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Topics:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the topics)
Letter "M" » Meditation
(Click a letter to view the topics)
«We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.»
Author: Alan Watts
(Interpreter, Thinker, Writer)
| About:
Buddhism,
Meditation,
Zen
| Keywords:
aiming, almost all, arrive, arrived, arrive at, composition, dance floor, fastest, floor, immediate, meditation, obviously, players, The Discovery, unlike
«What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and the good, prosperity and shame, gain and loss, right and wrong, into one single koan»
Author: Hakuin
| About:
Meditation
| Keywords:
Action The, coughing, koan, meditation, right and wrong, stillness, what is this
«Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes out of all this speculation.»
«What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer shut down in ignorance. We see very clearly that we're closing off. That in itself begins to illuminate the darkness of ignorance.»
«You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.»
«My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
| About:
Ambition,
Books,
Meditation,
Mind,
Senses,
Writing
| Keywords:
compose, contemplating, hut, lotus, lotus position, meditation, retire, sink
«Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.»
Author: James Allen
(Statesman)
| About:
Meditation,
Truth
| Keywords:
forgetting, meditating, prejudices
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
