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Grasping Quotes

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it Picture Quote #1

Reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them Picture Quote #1

We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric Picture Quote #1

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned Picture Quote #1

Awareness means grasping life just the way it is, without contamination by mental projections Picture Quote #1

Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them Picture Quote #1

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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow Picture Quote #1

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow Picture Quote #1

Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail Picture Quote #1

The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality Picture Quote #1

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself Picture Quote #1

In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain Picture Quote #1

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Procrastination is hardly more evil than grasping impatience Picture Quote #1

The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping Picture Quote #1

There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a sort of despairing sensuality, like a damned soul grasping at his last morsel of pleasure when the clock is within five minutes of striking. But there were also times when they had the illusion not only of safety but of permanence Picture Quote #1

My worst mistake has been not grasping that time goes by. It was going by and there I was, set in the attitude of the ideal wife of an ideal husband. Instead of bringing our sexual relationship to life again I brooded happily over memories of our former nights together Picture Quote #1

We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute Picture Quote #1

Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity Picture Quote #1

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No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell the remoter effects, and so to allow us to avoid such acts as attempt to remedy a present ill by sowing the seeds of a much greater ill for the future Picture Quote #1

You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening. If you’re grasping to get your own voice, you’re making a strained attempt to talk, so it’s a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you’re talking about something that’s intensely important to you Picture Quote #1

Reason is man’s faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man’s ability to manipulate the world with the help of thought. Reason is man’s instrument for arriving at the truth, intelligence is man’s instrument for manipulating the world more successfully; the former is essentially human, the latter belongs to the animal part of man Picture Quote #1

Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free Picture Quote #1

Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts Picture Quote #1

People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich Picture Quote #1

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It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories Picture Quote #1

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim Picture Quote #1

As infants, our first victory comes in grasping some bit of the world, usually our mother’s fingers. Later we discover that the world, and the things of the world, are grasping us, and have been all along Picture Quote #1

For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics Picture Quote #1

To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity Picture Quote #1

The blood of Abraham, God’s father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace Picture Quote #1

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One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it (Grasping Quotes) Reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them (Grasping Quotes) We try more to profit from always remembering the obvious than from grasping the esoteric (Grasping Quotes) Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned (Grasping Quotes) Awareness means grasping life just the way it is, without contamination by mental projections (Grasping Quotes) Simply allow your thoughts and experiences to come and go, without ever grasping at them (Grasping Quotes) Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow (Grasping Quotes) Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow (Grasping Quotes) Seeing consists of the grasping of structural features rather than the indiscriminate recording of detail (Grasping Quotes) The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality (Grasping Quotes) Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself (Grasping Quotes) In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain (Grasping Quotes) Procrastination is hardly more evil than grasping impatience (Grasping Quotes) The only cause of happiness is love. The only cause of suffering is self grasping (Grasping Quotes) There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on, and they would cling together with a sort of despairing sensuality, like a damned soul grasping at his last morsel of pleasure when the clock is within five minutes of striking. But there were also times when they had the illusion not only of safety but of permanence (Grasping Quotes) My worst mistake has been not grasping that time goes by. It was going by and there I was, set in the attitude of the ideal wife of an ideal husband. Instead of bringing our sexual relationship to life again I brooded happily over memories of our former nights together (Grasping Quotes) We still find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute (Grasping Quotes) Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity (Grasping Quotes) No very deep knowledge of economics is usually needed for grasping the immediate effects of a measure; but the task of economics is to foretell the remoter effects, and so to allow us to avoid such acts as attempt to remedy a present ill by sowing the seeds of a much greater ill for the future (Grasping Quotes) You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening. If you’re grasping to get your own voice, you’re making a strained attempt to talk, so it’s a matter of just listening to yourself as you sound when you’re talking about something that’s intensely important to you (Grasping Quotes) Reason is man’s faculty for grasping the world by thought, in contradiction to intelligence, which is man’s ability to manipulate the world with the help of thought. Reason is man’s instrument for arriving at the truth, intelligence is man’s instrument for manipulating the world more successfully; the former is essentially human, the latter belongs to the animal part of man (Grasping Quotes) Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free (Grasping Quotes) Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts (Grasping Quotes) People who are hard, grasping and always ready to take advantage of their neighbors become very rich (Grasping Quotes) It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories (Grasping Quotes) One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim (Grasping Quotes) As infants, our first victory comes in grasping some bit of the world, usually our mother’s fingers. Later we discover that the world, and the things of the world, are grasping us, and have been all along (Grasping Quotes) For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics (Grasping Quotes) To cultivate equanimity we practice catching ourselves when we feel attraction or aversion, before it hardens into grasping or negativity (Grasping Quotes) The blood of Abraham, God’s father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace (Grasping Quotes)

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