A Quotes
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“Although words exist for the most part for the transmission of ideas, there are some which produce such violent disturbance in our feelings that the role they play in the transmission of ideas is lost in the background.”
“Although work was, and still is, considered an important part of Osho's vision, in the last years of his life, he began to emphasize creativity as a way of expressing and sharing the fruits of our meditation.”
“Although working with Amitabh Bacchan was a different experience altogether, I just enjoyed it.”
“Although wrongs have been done me I live in hope. ... Now we are together again to make peace.”
“Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts....Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends have advised me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses and everything else, it is hard for me to believe the white men any more.”
“Although yoga is commonly portrayed as a popular fitness trend, it's actually the core of the Vedic science that developed in the Indus Valley more than 5,000 years ago.”
“Although you appear in earthly form Your essence is pure Consciousness. You are the fearless guardian of Divine Light.”
“Although you can find certain differences among the Buddhist philosophical schools about how the universe came into being, the basic common question addressed is how the two fundamental principles-external matter and internal mind or consciousness-although distinct, affect one another. External causes and conditions are responsible for certain of our experiences of happiness and suffering. Yet we find that it is principally our own feelings, our thoughts and our emotions, that really determine whether we are going to suffer or be happy.”
Source: Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection
“Although you can’t go back in time and alter your natural level of potential, you can determine how much of that ability you tap into, exploit and develop for the future.”
Source: The Champion in all of Us: 12 Rules for Success
“Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.”
“Although you don’t know it, you simulate the Big Bang every time you dream. A dreamworld is a world created from nothing by a single monadic mind. The dreamworld explodes out of nowhere, through nothing but the power of thought. Also, you can bring this world to an end when you conclude the dream. You carry out your own Big Crunch.”
Source: God Is Mathematics: The Proofs of the Eternal Existence of Mathematics
“Although you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable.”
Source: The Mage Winds
“Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.”
“Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.”
Source: The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules
“Although you have so far demonstrated little faith in my ability to pay, I yet hope to demonstrate that I am somebody who pays his debts-for example, to you.”
“Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven.”
“Although you may be old or sick, it's not too late to take stock and ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.”
“Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them.”
Source: Zen and the Art of Happiness
“Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.”
Source: The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living
“Although you may not be able to physically rewind your experiences, a visual rewind may reveal aspects which you may have missed the first time around. By mentally rewinding scenarios for your life, relationships, experiences, and behavior, you can look back with focused attention to see things more objectively.”
“Although you may not have control of what enters your mind, you do have control over what is kept within and that which exits your mind.”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“Although you may not stumble across a Martian in the garden, you might stumble across yourself. The day that happens, you'll probably also scream a little. And that'll be perfectly all right, because it's not every day you realize you're a living planet dweller on a little island in the universe.”
Source: The Solitaire Mystery
“Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.”
“Although you might have to creep about at night and lie to your mum it’s actually one of the more honest art forms available. There is no elitism or hype, it exhibits on the best walls a town has to offer and nobody is put off by the price of admission.”
“Although you see the pit, you cannot avoid it.”
Source: Collected Poetical Works of Rumi (Delphi Classics)
“Although you should respect venomous snakes and approach them with caution, most snakes you encounter in an urban environment are harmless and beneficial because they eat insects, mice and other rodents.”
“Although you weren't there for me when I was at my lowest, I will help you if you need it. You're everything I pray not to be.”
“Although you will often receive something other than what you prayed for, I have never known it to be worse - it has always been better than expected.”
Source: When GOD Winks on Love: Let the Power of Coincidence Lead You to Love
“Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.”
“Although your heart is in the right place, let’s take a fresh look at all you’ve been told about seeking Enlightenment: Not only beautiful; sadly, that teaching is also probably wrong. Why? Quite simply, it’s outdated”
Source: Seeking Enlightenment in the Age of Awakening: Your Complete Program for Spiritual Awakening and More, In Just 20 Minutes a Day
“Although your knowledge is weak and small, you need not be silent: since you cannot be judges be at least witnesses.”
“Although your mind works, your heart is darkened with depravity; and without a pure heart there can be no complete and true consciousness”
“Although your past has been painful devastating or cruel God has promised to be a Restorer and a Redeemer. He says He will "give us gladness in proportion to our former misery " and "replace the evil years with good".”
Source: When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back
“Although your physical body was created, you are the one who makes this body function. In other words, you are the divine life known as God. I call it a life branching out from God.”
“Although your social media profiles are public, even then, a few followers appear there; it is an invisible tool-controlled resistance; otherwise, it never happens.”
“Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite.”
“Although zazen is certainly not all there is to Zen, a Zen which lacks zazen may be said to be no Zen at all.”
Source: The Zen Life
“Although, I admit, I desire, Occasionally, some backtalk From the mute sky, I can't honestly complain: A certain minor light may still Lean incandescent Out of kitchen table or chair As if a celestial burning took Possession of the most obtuse objects now and then --”
“Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!”
“Although, I didnt really like sushi until I moved out to L.A.”
“Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.”
“Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it.”
“Although, my guess is that what Donald Trump will do tonight is to try to thread that needle by kind of softening his policy position or maybe just the questions about what you do with those 11 million, while getting tough on criminal migrants.”
“Although, of course, my definition of evil is not everybody else's. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm of material existence, glamour in its old Gaelic sense meaning enchantment with the look of things, rather than the soul of things.”
“Although, okay, in Scotland, the boys wear the skirts. But as far as pop culture, women were on the forefront of the unisex movement and I'm grateful to you.”
“Although, people make mistakes in their lives, and you could say that the mistakes make us who we are, by how we respond to them. I just don't want to play boring good guys.”
“Although, pretending not to notice is almost worse than noticing.”
“Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture.”
“Altidiot: Definition – A sea level adapted human that works in a biologically toxic high altitude job.”
“ALTItude and IDIOT are combined into ALTIDIOT to form a portmanteau word.”