“Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.” InspirationalCertainBeliefRiskAtheismAcceptanceDegreesTasksUniversalIllnessBelieverSparesNeuroticAgnosticismNeurosis Author:Anatole France
“We are alive for a certain period of time in any given lifetime. We are competing against time. It is a race to see if we can wake up before we go to sleep again. That is the challenge.” IfsInspirationalCertainGivenChallengesSleepRaceAliveBuddhismPeriodsWake UpLifetimeCompetingGoing To Sleep Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is a certain degree of pain to be experienced in the search for self-knowledge, as there is a certain amount of joy. You just do it because you find yourself doing it. There just doesn't seem to be much else worthwhile.” InspirationalSelfSeemsPainJoyCertainBuddhismAmountDegreesFinding YourselfWorthwhileSelf KnowledgeJust Do It Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are certain protective forces in the universe that do watch over us, but the innocent die too.” InspirationalCertainDiesUniverseForceWatchesBuddhismInnocentProtective Author:Frederick Lenz
“Deep practice is built on a paradox: struggling in certain targeted ways-operating at the edges of your ability, where you make mistakes-makes you smarter. Or to put it in a slightly different way, experiences where you're forced to slow down, make errors, and correct them-as you would if you were walking up an ice-covered hill, slipping and stumbling as you go-end up making you swift and graceful without your realizing it.” IfsWayInspirationalDifferentEndsCertainRealizingAbilityMistakePracticeStruggleWalkingBuiltErrorsEdgesIceHillsDifferent WaysMaking MistakesParadoxCoveredSmarterSlow DownStumblingSlipping Author:Daniel Coyle
“Thomas Jefferson spoke of certain truths as self-evident. He did not say that these truths were self-explanatory or that they were self-operating.” InspirationalSelfCertainSpokesEvident Author:J. Martin Klotsche
“There is a certain cowardice, a certain weakness, rather, among respectable folk. Only brigands are convinced-of what? That they must succeed. And so they do succeed.” InspirationalCertainSucceedWeaknessFolksConvincedCowardiceRespectable Author:Charles Baudelaire
“My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person. I love peace and quiet - something I don't get very often.” InspirationalPersonsCountryCertainHoursSeeingQuietFavouriteSingle PersonPeace And QuietFinland Author:Christopher Lee
“I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.” IfsThinkingInspirationalLooksMotivationalCertainProcessGlassesCraftsClayJewelryTextiles Author:Grayson Perry
“Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.” InspirationalSelfInspirationMotivationalSuccessCertainAbilityAchieveAcceptanceConfidenceCostAchievementGainsLaborTasksDecidedOptimismPerseveranceSelf ConfidenceAccomplishedImmenseTiresomeTediumDistaste Author:Arthur Helps
“A certain monk told me that when he was very sick, his mother said to his father, "How our little boy is suffering. I would gladly give myself to be cut up into pieces if that would ease his suffering." Such is the love of God for people. He pitied people so much that he wanted to suffer for them, like their own mother, and even more. But no one can understand this great love without the grace of the Holy Spirit.” PeopleIfsInspirationalGivingLittlesSaidWantedChristianSpiritMotherCertainSufferingFatherReligiousBoysGracePiecesCuttingHolySickGod LoveEaseHoly SpiritOrthodoxMonkGreat LoveLittle Boys Author:Silouan the Athonite
“Amma Theodora said: A certain monk, afflicted by many sorrows, said to himself, "Leave this place." With these words he began to put his sandals on his feet, and suddenly he saw the devil in the form of a man sitting in the corner of his cell. The devil was also putting on his sandals. He said to the monk, "Are you leaving here because of me? Well then, wherever you go, I will be there before you."” MenInspirationalWellsSaidChristianFormCertainReligiousSawsFeetSorrowDevilSittingLeavingCornersCellsOrthodoxMonkSandalsAmma Author:Ignatius Bryanchaninov