"Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now."

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Source : Sharon Salzberg (2011). “The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness”, p.15, Hay House, Inc

Sharon Salzberg

#Meditation Quotes #Training Quotes #Attention Quotes

“I actually prefer to work in as many different genres as possible as often as possible because I actually think the best way to be inspired and avoid any writers block or things like that is actually to be able to go from a comedy to an action to a horror to a adventure, that actually makes it easy for me to start over and get new ideas, and it keeps things interesting.”
“American workers are first rate.”
“The key here in my view is not having to change people's minds, it's just allowing them to know.”

Source : Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com
“Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.”
“The word "God" is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term of poetry and eloquence, a term thrown out, so to speak, as a not fully grasped object of the speaker's consciousness -- a literary term, in short; and mankind mean different things by it as their consciousness differs.”
“I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.”
“The church that does not evangelize will fossilize.”

Source : Smith, Oswald J., Smith, Paul B., Sybring, Yvonne (1982). “I Have Walked Alone with Jesus : Day by Day Meditations of Oswald J. Smith”
“I don't like corporate diversity workshops.”

Source : "'The New York Times' Looks Ahead At Michelle Obama's Future". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, gpbnews.org. January 6, 2017.

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