Ajahn Chah Quotes
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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World-building numbs the reader's ability to fulfill their part of the bargain because it believes that it has to do everything around here if anything is going to get done. Above all, world-building is not technically necessary. It is the great clomping foot of nerdism. It is the attempt to exhaustively survey a place that isn't there.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
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And all for love, and nothing for reward.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.
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I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
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My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of '90s grunge - if you got it now, you would think it was the 'Singles' soundtrack.
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I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.
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God doesn't make mistakes. So if I'm supposed to die, there's a very good reason for it. I'm not going to question him. I'm just going to enjoy all these beautiful things that God created.
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I don't care for the applause one gets by saying what others are thinking; I want actually to change people's thoughts. Power over people's minds is the main personal desire of my life; and this sort of power is not acquired by saying popular things.
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I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.
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Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam.
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Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
