D. T. Suzuki Quotes

Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.

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• The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • View

• Hallucinatory - that's just the way everyday life is, in Colombia. All the time, you say to yourself, did I just see that?

  

  Barbet Schroeder
  • Life
  • Time
  • Yourself

• It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.

  

  Karine Vanasse
  • Day
  • See
  • Everyday

• The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Awareness
  • Victim
  • Survivor

• I can't do it every day. They're not going to give me much to hit right now. They're pitching me real well. If I get there, fine.

  

  Sammy Sosa
  • Real
  • Me
  • Day

• Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how people from diverse faiths can connect and show they care, rather than go down parallel, sometimes hostile, roads.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • People
  • Good
  • High

• Because I find writing painful, I try to get it over with as fast as possible. But I write every day, or I lose the thread.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Writing
  • Day
  • Everyday

• I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.

  

  Zinedine Zidane
  • Day
  • Fight
  • Everyday

• Individual warrants every day are used to arrest dangerous people.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Day
  • Everyday

• God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Time
  • God
  • Chaos

• I feel like I'm constantly falling behind. I feel like every day I'm out of the office I'm falling behind.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Falling

• Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

  

  Karen Armstrong
  • Life
  • True
  • Religious

• It was really unusual to go from being in university for four years to all of a sudden acting every day. I'd never been able to do it exclusively like that. It was always sort of like my secret thing that I did privately.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • Day
  • Acting
  • Everyday

• I either run or try to play basketball every day.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Basketball

• When you're on an ensemble show and you're messing around with everybody every day and you're not in every scene, and then all of a sudden you're in every scene, it's rough.

  

  Paget Brewster
  • You
  • Day
  • Everyday

• Every tech product on the body like Jawbone or in the home like August is different. But there are definitely principles that apply across the board for me, such as integration in everyday life and discretion.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Life
  • Everyday
  • Principles

• I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Day
  • Artist
  • Everyday

• I train for around 3-4 hours everyday. It can go up to 6-7 hours when a competition is approaching.

  

  Vijender Singh
  • Up
  • Competition
  • Everyday

• Sometimes you just don't feel the same everyday, it doesn't matter what you do, but when you have people looking forward to seeing you perform for them, that puts you in the mood, and that's natural in Boston. That's why it's such a special place to play.

  

  David Ortiz
  • People
  • Why
  • Everyday

• Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.

  

  Oscar Peterson
  • Style
  • Speak
  • Jazz

• His kind of courage was boundless, though, and he would not have turned away a person in need, whether a star performer or a simple laborer or a child such as Theo with no skills at all. It was not about the circus or family connections, but human decency. Herr

  

  Pam Jenoff
  • Person
  • Courage
  • Boundless

• Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. And the way African men treat African women is total unacceptable.

  

  Mo Ibrahim
  • Kids
  • Cooking
  • Position

• Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground.

  

  D. T. Suzuki
  • Everyday
  • Enlightenment