Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
Quotes to Explore
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Suffering turns men towards their creator.
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One of my thoughts on the back nine was 'I don't know how Tiger has won 14 of these things,' I couldn't feel my legs on the back nine.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
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Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.
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I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener.
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Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other 'isms' that cause so much suffering in the world.
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Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.
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Reducing the price of AIDS drugs gave me so much satisfaction that I've been thinking what else I could do. One day, I thought, 'Let's look at cancer and see how we can spare cancer patients' unnecessary suffering.'
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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I'm almost numb to misogyny at this point. It's just everywhere.
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I have to admit, I'm not patriotic. It has partly to do with principle, but it is also a phobia/neurosis.
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Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
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I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.
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We stress out over things we can't control. So if something is a stressor, you can just simply take the power away from it by focusing on something else.
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When I'm grateful for all the blessings, it puts away all the stress about things not in my control. Things like long hours, aging, pollution, scandals... it helps me create perspective by just focusing on being grateful. Take that moment twice a day with yourself.
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I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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Our peaceful non – co – operation must be constructive, non-destructive. Poison should not emerge from the throes of love.
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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
