"Through practice he has accustomed himself to wish for nothing, and for a person with no wishes, everything goes just as he wishes, explains the Abbot Dorotheus. His will has coincided with God's will, and whatever he asks, he will receive."

-- Tito Colliander

#Practice Quotes #Wish Quotes #Asceticism Quotes

“Shaving is a way to start the workday by ritually not cutting your throat when you've the chance.”

Source : Ben Lerner (2014). “10:04”, p.127, Granta Books
“Failure is not a verdict; making mistakes is the price of the ticket.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”
“There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.”
“True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.”

Source : "The Traveler". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2005.
“When I first started to write poetry, I used to feel as if my tongue would go numb.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Yoga is more a state than a methodology. A state where there is nothing missing. You don't feel like you have to grab this or grab that in order to be complete or full. From wringing out the body and the mind, from sitting in meditation, from studying scripture, from selfless service.”

Source : "A Conversation with Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee". Interview with Rachel P. Goldstein, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Have compassion for yourself when you write. There is no failure - just a big field to wander in.”

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