“So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing.”
Alan Watts
Act, Changing, Stop
It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
“It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.”
Kevin Hart
Evil, Fact, People
I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.
“I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.”
LeBron James
Distracted, Joke, Laugh
Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
“Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges...”
Stephen Covey
Adversity, Character
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
Aldous Huxley
Because, Exist, Facts
Character is much easier kept than recovered.
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.”
Thomas Paine
Character, Easier, Than
Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.
“Volleyball, I could be pretty good. After a few practices I could be that striker, or whatever they call it.”
LeBron James
Good, Practices, Pretty
To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.
“To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client.”
John Updike
Act, Blind, Ungrateful
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.
“Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Character, Excellence, Style
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
“The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.”
Alan Watts
Attention, Ego, Focus
Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.
“Religion is not a department of life; it is something that enters into the whole of it.”
Alan Watts
Life, Religion, Something
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
Alan Watts
Teeth, Trying, Yourself
But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
“But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with...”
Alan Watts
Forest, Quiet, Understand
“Things are as they are. Looking out into it the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged...”
Alan Watts
Night, Stars, Universe
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
Alan Watts
God, Spirituality, Thinking