191 quotes found
“Resolution of conflicting interests within each of usthe desire to fulfill a personal purpose versus the desire to forget about it and just go have fun, for exampletakes time and focus and applicat...”
“These five values are the organic origins of what could be called intuitive conscience. They are also what we experience personally as our core, essential yearnings, however distorted or confused w...”
“We survive largely because of the existence and recognition of high-end qualitiescompassion, integrity, courage, humility, etc. These are how we perceive spirit. Even the most cynical and fatalisti...”
“What is it that we do here? By easing away from the mania that pulls on us, recalling and reconnecting with our essential spirit and callings, we regenerate our core inspiration and faith in Life a...”
“My personal sense of presence that I kind of carry around with me is along the lines of Somebody has to be there first before acting. The more one is there, the better the results in whatever youre...”
“My hope and intent is to provide a wide range of resources and ideas that provoke real questions and considerations under the surface of common dialogue. With a definite thrust toward clues for mov...”
“Theres a tunnel between our external skill sets and our deepest longings and passions. People with the highest developed skills always know how to traverse that tunnel. That is, personal integratio...”
“Recent discoveries in developmental psychology and other behavioral disciplines have shown that babies are born with a first draft of a moral mind. Among others, brain scientist, Gary Marcus, has d...”
“There is something mysterious yet definitely accessible to us all under the agitated waves of difficulty that allows us to feel and flow along a more comprehensive intuitive and spiritual understan...”
“Its misleading or deceptive in a way that such skills are learned like any other simple practice, sincere investment over time. Yes, like small steps, one at a time, to cross the bridge. Just a si...”
“The sweet spot is a term used by audiophiles and recording engineers to describe the focal point between two sources of sound, where an individual is fully capable of hearing the audio mix the way ...”
“I dont really consider myself to be a teacher, although I understand that others do. Theres a certain restriction or reduction in that stereotype that doesnt ring true. Especially the underlying as...”
“We do have some capacity to determine how things evolve, and how we evolve, individually and as a community or race. Thats a tremendous freedom and a tremendous responsibility.”
“Whether or not we personally do impact some ultimate evolution beyond ourselves, we can definitely influence what happens today. To choose to waste a day, or a lifetime, is opposed to the essential...”
“The primary reason that Im not a representative of specific groups or schools of thought is that that choice gives me the freedom to look at these groups and thoughts from the inside and the outsid...”
“There are some things that dont function as one would assume. For example, the impulse and linear thinking associated with the search for happiness most often produce questions like, Whats in it fo...”
“Freedom and responsibility themselves are at stake. One does not find freedom or enact responsibility by surrendering to anothers conceptualization of these ideas. Living out the rules of conscienc...”
“Each religion has provided a tremendous service in defining elements of conscience. They have made it possible for us to live together in a society, to work toward common goals, and to learn how to...”
“There is a pivot point, however, to become an adult. That transition comes from recognizing and acting in accordance with your own deepest impulses. On the responsibility front, that means acting i...”
“Whether or not one believes in the accelerating dangers of the climate crisis, the end of fossil fuels, or the permanent annihilation of species of plants, insects and animals that essentially cove...”
