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“When you begin to become conscious, more aware, when your eyes begin to open, the first thing you see is how deluded you are and how much you're holding onto that which makes you suffer. This is, in many ways, the most important step: Are you willing to be aware?”

Way Firsts Important Eye Suffering Steps Willing Conscious Holding On Deluded

Book:Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

Source: Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering

“People try to hold onto the sameness. This holding onto prevents growth.”

People Trying Growth Holding On Sameness

Book:Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“When you really believe that you are worthy of the best, that you deserve the best & that there is enough of the best for you to have plenty, there will be no need for you to hold on to what you have. Allow yourself to imagine what your life would be like if your hands and heart were to receive something better than what you are holding onto right now.”

Ifs Needs Believe Heart Enough Hands Would Be Imagine Right Now Deserve Worthy Plenty Holding On Something Better Deserve The Best

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“There are a lot of Christians who are halfway fellows. They stand in the door, holding on to the Church with one hand while they play with the toys of the world with the other. They are in the doorway and we can't bring sinners in.”

World Play Hands Christian Church Christianity Doors Fellows Sinner Toys Holding On Halfway Doorways

Author:Mordecai Ham

“We give up what we want to give up and keep what in some way we still want to keep. There are payoffs for holding on to small, weak patterns. We have an excuse not to shine. We don't have to take responsibility for the world when we're spending all our time in emotional pain. We're too busy. The truth that sets us free is an embrace of the divine within us.”

“The spiritual life is always about letting go. It is never about holding on.”

Spiritual Life Is Spirituality Letting Go Spiritual Life Holding On

Author:Jesse Lee Peterson

“What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being in touch with this lost world while holding onto what draws readers and audiences there in the first place.”

World Firsts Wanted House Lost Audience Reader Draws Holding On

Author:Stephen Greenblatt

“There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.”

World Long Can Do Quality Virtue This World Developing Bless Cherish Substitutes Tall Virtuous Holding On Rise Above God Bless Filth Great Gifts God Bless You

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.”

Order Glory Yesterday Great Things Holding On Unafraid Recreate Yourself

Author:Pharrell Williams

“The entire universe is one whole, when you drop holding on to your limited boundaries, then what you gain is the entire universe.”

Whole Universe Gains Boundaries Holding On

Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“When you don't flow freely with life in the present moment, it usually means that you're holding on to a past moment. It can be regret, sadness, hurt, fear, guilt, blame, anger, resentment, or sometimes even a desire for revenge. Each one of these states comes from a space of unforgiveness, a refusal to let go and come into the present moment. Only in the present moment can you create your future.”

Mean Sometimes States Moments Past Desire Hurt Space Sadness Regret Letting Go Flow Blame Guilt Revenge Present Moment Our Future Resentment Your Future Holding On Refusal Anger Resentment

Author:Louise Hay

“This is my endlessly recurrent temptation: to go down to that Sea, and there neither dive nor swim nor float, but only dabble and splash, careful not to get out of my depth and holding on to the lifeline which connects me with my things temporal.”

Sea Depth Careful Temptation Swim Floats Holding On Lifelines

Book:A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works

Source: A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works

“I remember when I was a teenager thinking my girlfriend was cheating on me, and going around riling myself up. Pretending to cry. It was totally illegitimate-I actually didn't feel anything. I went to some pub and then went crying all the way home. And I got into my dog's bed. I was crying and holding on to the dog. I woke up in the morning, and the dog was looking at me like, 'You're a fake.'”

Thinking Way Feels Home Remember Morning Dog Cry Like You Bed Teenager Fake Girlfriend Cheating Pretending Remember When My Dog Holding On My Girlfriend Pubs Way Home Cheating On Me

Author:Robert Pattinson

“When you become present, your mind is silent. There is no agenda. You are not holding onto anything. You are not seeking anything. You are just here with what is, and it is enough.”

Mind Enough Silent Seeking Agendas Holding On

Author:Leonard Jacobson

“Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith”

Dark Tests Hard Times Muslim Holding On Tough Times Hope And Faith Ordeals Test Of Faith

Author:Yasmin Mogahed

“I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.”

Littles Ability Acting Holding On

Author:Mario Cantone

“Everyone aimed at security: no one accepted responsibility. What was plainly lacking, long before the barbarian invasions had done their work, long before economic dislocations became serious, was inner go. Rome’s life was now an imitation of life: a mere holding on. Security was the watchword – as if life knew any other stability than through constant change, or any form of security except through a constant willingness to take risks”

“The key to being able to let go of all the stuff you're holding on to is knowing that you'll be okay if you don't have it. And that's the truth. You can survive with very little. And though the passing of people and things can be painful, you will survive.”

People Ifs Littles Able Stuff Knowing Keys Letting Go Okay Painful Passing Passings Holding On

Book:F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way

Source: F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way

“Love is finding someone better than you are, and holding on for dear life”

Love Is Findings Dear Holding On Better Than You Finding Someone Dear Life

Author:Derek Landy

“We are so attached to the earth, and yet we are incapable of holding onto it.”

Earth Incapable Holding On

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Don't forget where you come from Don't die holding on to your words Cause you know you got a whole world to change But understand who you got to change first”

Knows World Firsts Whole Dies Causes Forget Whole World Holding On Where You Come

Author:Macklemore

“I have heard it said that living out of our vision is more powerful than living out of our circumstance. Holding on to a vision invokes the circumstances by which the vision is achieved. Vision is content; material circumstances mere form.”

Said Form Powerful Vision Heard Materials Circumstances Mere Holding On Invoke

Author:Marianne Williamson

“Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.”

Security Safety Holding On

Book:Euripides: Electra, translated by E. T. Vermeule. The Phoenician women, translated by E. Wyckoff. The Bacchae, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Chronological note on the plays of Euripides, by R. Lattimore

Source: Euripides: Electra, translated by E. T. Vermeule. The Phoenician women, translated by E. Wyckoff. The Bacchae, translated by W. Arrowsmith. Chronological note on the plays of Euripides, by R. Lattimore

“I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.”

Trying Humans Actors Human Beings Holding On Intimidated Decipher Rigour

Author:Zoe Wanamaker

“When we have painful memories from hurting experiences, we may feel justified in holding on to the resentment. But resentment is corrosive. It doesn't affect the person we feel anger toward, it destroys the host.”

Feels May Persons Hurt Memories Painful Host Resentment Justified Holding On Painful Memories

Book:Lessons in Living

Source: Lessons in Living

“What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on? You are in charge of your thoughts and feelings. If you are willing to search for the reason that you can't let go of disturbing thoughts, you can learn about yourself and restore your own peace of mind.”

Ifs Mind Important Reason Feelings Willing Letting Go Miserable Peace Of Mind About Yourself Disturbing Holding On Thoughts And Feelings Can't Let Go

Author:Bernie Siegel

“If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.”

Ifs Spiritual Spiritual Life Holding On

Author:Mata Amritanandamayi

“I was always holding onto people, and they were always leaving.”

People Death Leaving Holding On Always Leaving

Author:Lilith Saintcrow

“What I like about the third movie is you get to see a side of Carlisle you haven't seen before. You actually get to see what his vampire capabilities are because there's some great battle sequences. It's my favorite book. Carlisle is holding on to that humanity. He doesn't want to be a vampire.”

Want Book Humanity Sides Havens Battle Thirds My Favorite Vampire Capability Sequence Holding On Favorite Book Great Battle

Author:Peter Facinelli

“Holding onto and manipulating physical objects is one of the things we learn earliest and do the most. It should not be surprising that object control is the basis of one of the five most fundamental metaphors for our inner life. To control objects, we must learn to control our bodies. We learn both forms of control together. Self-control and object control are inseparable experiences from earliest childhood. It is no surprise that we should have as a metaphor-a primary metaphor-Self Control is Object Control.”