“We get so involved with the latest craze or having the latest car or the most high-powered house that we lose touch with that which makes us happy - what makes us happy are quiet states of mind.” InspirationalMindStatesHouseLosesCarBuddhismInvolvedQuietState Of MindCraze Author:Frederick Lenz
“I learnt the lesson on nonviolence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her.” ThinkingMadeHandsSufferingBornWifeInvolvedLessonsQuietStupidityDeterminedMy WifeResistanceAshamedNonviolenceSubmission Book:The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings Source: The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings
“Part of what we seek in Buddhism is the sense of quiet observation. We don't get so involved in a state of mind that we forget that it's just another transient state of mind, no matter how much ecstasy or agony is involved.” MindMatterStatesForgetBuddhismInvolvedQuietMindfulnessObservationEcstasyState Of MindAgonyTransient Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you asked everybody in a quiet room what they think, they'd say, 'What does the NCAA do really well? We run championships really well.' And yet we have this thing we don't get involved in.” IfsThinkingWellsDoeRunningRoomsInvolvedQuietChampionshipGet InvolvedNcaaQuiet Room Author:Christopher R. Hill
“Some people get the wrong idea, you know. If you're quiet and you're just not the most gregarious person, that you're like.. I don't know, self-involved, rude possibly, frigid. I get that a lot from people who don't know me, like online all you guys think I never smile, ever. It's not true. I do smile sometimes.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsIdeasSelfSometimesGuyInvolvedQuietOnlineKnow MeRudeGregariousFrigidWrong Ideas Author:Kristen Stewart