Daily Life Quotes - Page 27

• So, I never lose a sense of the whimsical and perilous charm of daily life, with its meetings and words and accidents.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Chance, Whimsical, Charm

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• It is not fear that stops you from doing the brave and true thing in your daily life. Rather, the problem is avoidance. You want to feel comfortable so you avoid doing or saying the thing that will evoke fear and other difficult emotions. Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run but, it will never make you less afraid.

  Harriet Lerner

  Running, Brave, Want

  FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Sep 23, 2016

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• Democracy is a way of life controlled by a working faith in the possibilities of human nature. . . . This faith may be enacted in statutes, but it is only on paper unless it is put in force in the attitudes which human beings display to one another in all the incidents and relations of daily life.

  John Dewey

  Attitude, Democracy, Paper

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (1988). “The Later Works, 1925-1953”, p.226, SIU Press

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• Having an eating disorder doesn't show ‘strength.’ Strength is when are able to overcome your demons after being sick and tired for so long. Starving is not a ‘diet’ and throwing up isn't something that only extremely thin men or women do. Eating disorders do not discriminate..Neither does any other mental illness. These are deadly diseases that are taking lives daily. So please, let's be cautious of the words we use when discussing ED's and other mental illnesses.

  Demi Lovato

  Tired, Men, Sick

  Demi Lovato @ddlovato, twitter.com. November 12, 2014.

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• In some departments of our daily life, in which we imagine ourselves free agents, we are ruled by dictators exercising great power.

  Edward Bernays

  Life, Freedom, Exercise

  Edward L. Bernays (1930). “Propaganda”

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• What features of your daily life do you expect to be improved by a further increase in population?

  Garrett Hardin

  Population, Increase, Features

  Garrett James Hardin (1999). “The Ostrich Factor: Our Population Myopia”, p.2, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Know that you are part of a joyful Universe. Allow your romantic, ecstatic, blissful emotions to appear more frequently in your daily life. When you feel joy, experience it and express it! As the New Testament says, 'Joy is the fruit of the Spirit.'

  Wayne Dyer

  Joy, Fruits Of The Spirit, Emotion

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Aug 05, 2013

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• It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative prayer in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. May all the faithful find in the Eucharist their source of strength and courage to imitate our Lady, totally open to his will in their daily lives. It is my hope that this devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist will spread to more and more parishes and dioceses across our nation.

  John Joseph O'Connor

  Jesus, Prayer, Blessed

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• I’ve always been a sponge, just absorbing whatever I see, whether it’s in daily life or in art.

  Tomi Ungerer

  Art, Sponges, Absorbing

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• I invite you to read again the full accounts of this inspired vision. Study them, ponder them, and apply them to your daily life. In modern terms we might say we are invited to "get a grip." We must hold on tight to the iron rod and never let go.

  Ann M. Dibb

  Letting Go, Iron, Vision

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• If you look really carefully, when it comes to the Secret, the power or our mind, the power of our intention in our daily lives, it's all around us. All we gotta do is open our eyes and look.

  John Frederick Demartini

  Eye, Law Of Attraction, Secret

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• Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

  Ellen Swallow Richards

  Understanding, World, Action

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• Wine is a part of society because it provides a basis not only for a morality but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the snack to the feast, from the conversation at the local cafT to the speech at a formal dinner.

  Roland Barthes

  Wine, Snacks, Ornaments

  Roland Barthes (1973). “Mythologies”

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• Man is concentric: you have to take fold after fold off of him before you get to the centre of his personality. You must get below his animal nature, habits, customs, affections, daily life, and sometimes go away down into the heart of the man, before you know what is really in him. But when you get into the last core of these concentric rings of personality you find a sense of the infinite-a consciousness of immortality linked to something higher and better.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Heart, Animal, Men

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• Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Running, Children, Responsibility

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• When I write about "realizations," I am describing a state in which a practitioner has wisdom of who she or he is, and has embodied that wisdom; it has become integrated into daily life, thoughts, and activities. We often view "awakening" as first step towards such realization. Awakening can occur in the blink of an eye, frequently through the direct, heart-opening (heart-breaking) transmission of grace from an awakened teacher.

  Russell Targ

  Teacher, Writing, Heart

  Russell Targ (2010). “Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness”, p.15, New World Library

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• September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.

  Bill Frist

  Thinking, America, September 11

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• Your ups and downs in sports, I think they are as normal as daily life: One day you wake up and feel great, the next day you wake up and feel maybe less great.

  Michael Schumacher

  Sports, Thinking, Next Day

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• Fortunately, because of the spread of smart devices, people take games for granted now. It's a good thing for us, because we do not have to worry about making games something that are relevant to general people's daily lives.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Smart, Games, People

  "Nintendo's Miyamoto Doesn't Want to Make Games for People Who Have Only A 'Passive' Interest In Gaming" by Eddie Makuch, www.gamespot.com. August 27, 2014.

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• What I feel I can do is help people become aware of how pervasive and extensive the arts are, how they affect each one of us in our daily lives—what kind of [buildings] we live in, what kind of clothes we wear, what we see with our eyes. We are often blind to the beautiful things around us. What I'm mostly concerned about is how often we're blind to our own talent. I think that within each human being there is a creative spirit, and some of us have been fortunate enough to have good teachers and parents who've brought this out and encouraged it, but others haven't.

  Joan Mondale

  Beautiful, Teacher, Art

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• Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind

  Dalai Lama

  Compassion, Self, Calm Mind

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• Are you truly dirty if you don't take a shower every day? No, but you feel that way. It's the same with running. Just like a shower, running is part of my daily life.

  Nina Kuscsik

  Running, Dirty, Way

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• Our everyday, traditional ideas of reality are delusions which we spend substantial parts of our daily lives shoring up, even at the considerable risk of trying to force facts to fit our definition of reality instead of vice versa.

  Paul Watzlawick

  Reality, Ideas, Risk

  "How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication".

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• As long as we observe love for others and respect for their rights and dignity in our daily lives, then whether we are learned or unlearned, whether we believe in the Buddha or God, follow some religion or none at all, as long as we have compassion for others and conduct ourselves with restraint out of a sense of responsibility, there is no doubt we will be happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Believe, Responsibility

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• This is a very important practice. Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself.
  When you are carried away with your worries, fears, cravings, anger, and desire, you run away from yourself and you lose yourself.
  The practice is always to go back to oneself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Running, Anger, Practice

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “Going Home”, p.38, Random House

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