"There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves"

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Source : Gwethalyn Graham (1944). “Earth and High Heaven”, Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott

Ajahn Chah

#People Quotes #Body Quotes #Far Away Quotes

“The most important things in life can't be seen with the eyes. Ideas can't be seen. Love can't be seen. Honor can't be seen. This isn't a new concept. Judaism and Christianity and Islam and Buddhism and Taoism have all taught for thousands of years that the highest forms of reality are invisible. God is invisible, and he created the universe. Our souls are invisible, and they give life to our bodies. Angels are invisible, and they're the most powerful of God's creatures.”
“The only problem is getting comfortable with myself. It's different for me, a different team. I have to try to do the best I can, working, trying to get comfortable in the left field and with my teammates, too.”
“My girl and my kid gets the best, always.”
“There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea was good and just muddle through.”
“I've never approached classical music in a formal way, ever. I couldn't read very well. I'd have to play every piece and internalize it, almost as if I had written it myself.”
“Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice.”
“I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.”
“France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.”

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