Ajahn Chah Quotes
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The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I want to know that I gave my 100 percent, and even if it doesn't work, you know that you gave everything, and you don't have to look at it and say... I could have gave more - that would break my heart.
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Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.
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I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart.
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What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.
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The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.
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If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.
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The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect.
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Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.
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Myth is someone else's religion.
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Perception is reality, but it may not be actuality, and you have got to be able to keep the difference between that.
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Talk about polygamy! There is no true philosopher on the face of the earth but what will admit that such a system, properly carried out according to the order of heaven, is far superior to monogamy for the raising of healthy, robust children!
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
