Etiquette Quotes - Page 3

• If it's against state law, it's generally considered a breach of Etiquette.

  Judith Martin

  Law, States, Breach

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• One of the big no-nos in cyberspace is that you do not go into a social activity, a chat group or something like that, and start advertising or selling things. This etiquette rule is an attempt to separate one's social life, which should be pure enjoyment and relaxation, from the pressures of work.

  Judith Martin

  Selling Things, Relaxation, Groups

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• At the dinner table, if you can't think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don't throw rolls, or chew on your napkin.

  Mason Cooley

  Thinking, Tables, Dinner

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• A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part of their life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Responsibility, Buddhism

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• If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Thinking

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• A code of behavior is an inevitable part of life in any community, and if we hadn't inherited ours, we should have had to invent one.

  Millicent Fenwick

  Should Have, Community, Behavior

  Millicent Fenwick (1948). “Vogue's book of etiquette: a complete guide to traditional forms and modern usage”

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• If you are going to set out to develop mystical powers to impress your friends and do other things to your enemies, the difficulty with it is that you will not be moving towards enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Moving, Buddhism

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• It is very important to always hold the thought of an enlightened teacher in your mind in a very positive way. When you direct negative energy towards someone who is powerful, it has a terrible bounce-back effect.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Powerful

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• There is no such thing as spiritual achievement; it is simply an awareness intrinsic to all of life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Spiritual, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Rooms

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• Be careful not to be the first to put your hands in the dish. What you cannot hold in your hands you must put on your plate. Also it is a great breach of etiquette when your fingers are dirty and greasy, to bring them to your mouth in order to lick them, or to clean them on your jacket. It would be more decent to use the tablecloth.

  Desiderius Erasmus

  Dirty, Food, Hands

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• Etiquette is what you are doing and saying when people are looking and listening. What you are thinking is your business.

  Virginia Cary Hudson

  Thinking, People, Listening

  Virginia Cary Hudson (1964). “O Ye Jigs & Juleps”

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• I hate the word proper. If you tell me a thing is not proper, I immediately feel the most rabid desire to go 'neck and heels' into it.

  Fanny Fern

  Hate, Desire, Necks

  Fanny Fern (1873). “Fanny Fern [pseud.]: A Memorial Volume. Containing Her Select Writings and a Memoir”, p.497

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• If you aren’t going to say something directly to someone’s face, than don’t use online as an opportunity to say it. It is this sense of bravery that people get when they are anonymous that gives the blogosphere a bad reputation.

  Mena Grabowski Trott

  Opportunity, People, Giving

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• Spare me the people who ask, 'Have you thought about ... losing weight, hiring an assistant, buying a Pentium, working with an etiquette specialist, coloring your hair?

  Susan RoAne

  Hair, People, Advice

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• People over-focus on teachers as an excuse to avoid their own life, and that way they fail to take responsibility for themselves. They have this feeling that the teacher will just take care of them.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Responsibility

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• Human beings everywhere in the world are affected by the global media now. Still, what I have noticed in the east Asia, in the indigenous world, Alaska in particular, and in back country farm and ranch country, is a higher sense of etiquette, and more respectful manners. Urban middle class cosmopolitan world peoples of all races have become speedy and rude. This is a pretty big generalization though.

  Gary Snyder

  Country, Rude, World

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Emotional control is essential for attaining higher levels of mind. The thing that the teacher looks for in a student is the degree of self-control, not coldness that someone has.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• The outer form of Buddhism, of practice, is etiquette - a series of ways to live intelligently that keep you alive, awake and happy, wakeful.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Practice

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• There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks.

  Judith Martin

  Women, Giving, Information

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• People who are advanced meditators don't worry about liberation and self-realization; they instead are interested in the welfare of others and aiding others in their liberation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Self

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• It has been my experience as a teacher over the years and incarnations that what really counts are not techniques. What really counts is spirit, love. What really counts is a sense of propriety and dedication.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Buddhism

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• The etiquette is higher consciousness, sensitivity, gentleness, gracefulness, intensity, power, and knowledge.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Consciousness, Intensity

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• Can you control your anger, lust, frustrations, and jealousies? Those are the only people worthy of the higher teachings. By worthy, I mean that they are the only ones capable of it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Teaching, Mean

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• What is important in self-discovery is the person who keeps going, who has a smile, who is kind to others, who works hard at everything, and who keeps their mind on their own business and not everybody else's.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Hard Work, Buddhism

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