Quotes of: Thoughtful-people Keyword

Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors ill will at heart would not be upholding my Teaching. Monks, even in such a situation you should train yourselves thus: 'Nei...

Gautama Buddha

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

Suzanne Farrell

A blind man sat behind a pile of stones and thought that nobody could see him.

Indian

In the Carolinas they say "hill people" are different from "flatlands people," and as a native Kentuckian with more mountain than flatlands blood, I'm inclined to agree. This was one of the theories I'd been nursing all the way from San Francisco. Un...

Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga

I am a democrat [proponent of democracy] because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy...

Present Concerns

Zombies are familiar characters in philosophical thought experiments. They are like people in every way except they have no internal experience.... If there are enough zombies recruited into our world, I worry about the potential for a self-fulfillin...

You Are Not a Gadget

Henry Hurt: I, uh, I have a request from the news people. Marilyn Lovell: Uh-huh? Henry Hurt: They're out front here. They want to put a transmitter up on the lawn. Marilyn Lovell: Transmitter? Henry Hurt: Kind of a tower, for live broadcast. Marilyn...

Apollo 13

Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to answer.

Chances

I thought you were dead,” she went on. “I saw you fall down, and—I thought you were dead.

City of Lost Souls

Fate was tricky like that. It consumed us when we thought we were free, and it freed us when we thought we were captured.

Death Before Daylight

Jesus' love for you far outweighs your expectations of Him.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

Joy is something we can’t manufacture. Joy happens to us not because of us.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

Starting the morning without prayer is like starting a car without gas.

Dancing with God: First Year Thoughts on the Loss of My Daughter

This woman is beautiful and clever: but how much cleverer she would have become if she were not beautiful!

Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

Moderation sees itself as beautiful; it is unaware that in the eye of the immoderate it appears black and sober and consequently ugly-looking

Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

And if they thought her aimless, if they thought her a bit mad, let them. It meant they left her alone. Marya was not aimless, anyway. She was thinking.

Deathless

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Eternity is to us as time, the age to come, the continuation, the manifestation, and perfection of our present and true existence.

The Hidden Life, Thoughts on Communion With God

We obey God's Law, not to be loved but because we are loved in Christ.

Holiness Day by Day: Transformational Thoughts for Your Spiritual Journey

Selfishness keeps man blind through life.

The Bowl of Saki: Thoughts for Daily Contemplation from the Sayings and Teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan