"Dhyana is retaining one's tranquil state of mind in any circumstance, unfavorable as well as favorable, and not being disturbed or frustrated even when adverse conditions present themselves one after another."

-- D.T. Suzuki

#Frustrated Quotes #Mind Quotes #Coping Quotes

“I think you should not limit yourself to dating somebody older or younger.”
“Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.”
“There is no power greater than the power of passive dependency.”
“[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--' [Opal] 'Was?' [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.”
“Liberals say they are for civil liberties and personal freedom, but they continue to advocate government regulation of business, redistribution of wealth, and various forms of social engineering to manipulate human relationships and attitudes.”
“Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.”

Source : Jessica Fellowes (2012). “The World of Downton Abbey Text Only”, p.2, HarperCollins UK
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”

Source : YouTube Chanel "KD"/ "Edward R. Murrow: 'A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy'", www.youtube.com. November 10, 2014.
“All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. 'Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, 'I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.'”

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