Frederick Lenz Quotes - Page 145

• Tragedy brings us closer to ourselves - it's the only thing that does.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Tragedy

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• Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and mindfulness.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Assessment

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• If you are truly wise, then you reflect the universe and you are relational in your approach to things. You are a mirror of infinity. That is wisdom.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Buddhism

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• The ultimate intelligence of all things is your essence. Your mind is the universe. Your body is all things.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Essence

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• Knowledge is the ability to love, the ability to feel, the ability to probe the depths and the heights of life. It is the experience of the experiencer, and at the same time, it is beyond that.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Depth

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• The only loser who walks away from a wise man is the one who walks away.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Buddhism

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• Suffering follows the lack of wisdom.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Suffering

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• The universe is complicated and we're not going to get it all in one night or one incarnation or one infinity.

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  Wisdom, Buddhism, Night

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• Spiritual balance is to be straight with yourself.

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  Spiritual, Buddhism, Balance

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• Only a pure heart, a completely pure heart can house eternity.

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  Heart, Buddhism, House

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• Most people lead their lives like they drive their cars.

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  Buddhism, People, Car

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• Balance is to choose happiness, to feel that the purpose of life is to love, not necessarily to be loved, to be happy, to be conscious, to be aware, to be fulfilled.

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  Buddhism, Balance, Purpose

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• In order to effectively interlock with higher spheres of mind and attention, you must have tremendous balance and control. You learn that it is more fun to have control than not to.

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  Fun, Buddhism, Order

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• In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.

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  Art, Buddhism, Design

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• Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance.

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  Buddhism, Balance, Boring

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• When you're happy it's pretty tough to knock you over. You can handle whatever comes along in life.

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  Buddhism, Over You, Balance

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• Keep your sense of humor. Stay funny.

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  Buddhism, Balance, Sense Of Humor

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• A person with power has control of their emotions. A person with power can stop fear, stop depression, or they can augment a positive emotion.

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  Buddhism, Balance, Emotion

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• Laughing at fear is one of the best things you can do. When you are afraid, instead of just plunging into panic, laugh. The fear gets really uptight and leaves.

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  Buddhism, Laughing, Balance

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• To love is to be balanced, to extend one's self beyond the sense of self.

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  Buddhism, Love Is, Self

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• A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.

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  Mistake, Buddhism, Frustrated

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• Sometimes we have to be hard on ourselves. We've got to get on our case, if we are being sloppy, lazy, and indulgent.

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  Buddhism, Lazy, Balance

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• If suddenly you get depressed, it doesn't have to throw you. You can push those emotions aside. You can cultivate happy emotions or become emotionless when you need to be very sensitive.

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  Buddhism, Balance, Needs

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• There's no point in getting frustrated at yourself. Just be truthful.

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  Buddhism, Frustrated, Balance

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• Sometimes in life, we have to go backward a certain distance in order to go forwards. If we have conflicts within ourselves that we have not resolved, then we will find ourselves living inside of these conflicts, not in the realms of light.

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  Distance, Buddhism, Light

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