Bhikkhu Bodhi Quotes
Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.
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I'm not really a self-promoter-type person.
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When I first started doing press, one of the things people started pushing was this idea that I'd somehow escaped something. And I was really offended, because I hadn't escaped anything.
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Ken Noland would use concentric circles; he'd want to get them in the middle of the painting because it's the easiest way to get them there, and he want them there in the front, on the surface of the canvas. If you're that much involved with the surface of anything, you're bound to find symmetry the most natural means.
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Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button.
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We are a people whom Allah gave might and glory to through Islam, so we will never seek glory through anything else.
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And ah for a man to arise in me, That the man I am may cease to be!
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I am a man of constant sorrow. I've seen trouble all my days.
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The World Cup must remain the number one competition, because it is our only source of money and, with that money, we can develop football in the whole world.
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People can just put their cash away and continue to make money and never give back because they just do not care, but I immediately felt obligated to use my influence for good things.
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I separated from the Southern Baptists when they adopted the discriminatory attitude towards women, because I believe what Paul taught in Galatians that there is no distinction in God's eyes between men and women, slaves and masters, Jews and non-Jews - everybody is created equally in the eyes of God.
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The best reason for a knitter to marry is that you can't teach the cat to be impressed when you finish a lace scarf.
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The formula for success is simple: practice and concentration then more practice and more concentration.
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The academic community has in it the biggest concentration of alarmists, cranks and extremists this side of the giggle house.
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I don't have a favorite body part nor do I have a favorite exercise. Everyone who is honest prefers machines over free-weights, because machines are more convenient and cause less muscle pain and require less concentration and are generally less dangerous. BUT, if you like to have real gains you have to train hard and heavy, and you have to chose always the LEAST favorite exercises which actually give you the best possible results. So go for the least favorite exercises, the free weights... and go for the muscle pain!
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Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?
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There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.
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Samādhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.
