Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Being on a horse is one of my most natural places to be. ”

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too. ”

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ”

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. ”

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. ”

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. ”

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance. ”

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ”

The future is made of the same stuff as the present. ”

He bore no grudge against those he had wronged. ”