Being Quotes

JACKYou're quite perfect, Miss Fairfax.GWENDOLENOh! I hope I am not that. It would leave no room for developments, and I intend to develop in many directions.

I felt a taste of that other kind of contentment that doesn't come from acquiring information or getting praise or building a resume, the kind that is just there, like a hidden pearl.

Having been is the surest kind of being.

So where do you go? Back to the bottle And back to a tiny room somewhere. And wait. And wait, and wait. That's all.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Psychic is the new normal.

If you love and care enough, you will give a lot, you will forgive a lot.

I've a very simple yet powerful present for you the one reading this. - I LOVE YOU.

Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

You don't have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.

I honour the clarity of the present moment, and the stillness at the centre of being (mine & others), even in the midst of so much doing.

Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through you. Always be kinder than necessary.

Being gifted means facing the next level of depth without ever being repulsed by the curse that comes with the magic of being different.

The only thing that prevents us from being happy is thinking.

It is less about becoming a better person, and more of being better, as a person.

The question is never 'who am I?' It's 'who do I want to be?

My beliefs are the center of my being.

Don´t let your work define you. But let you define what works for you to defy and refine you even more.

It was almost painful to be different.

I sometimes wonder how many beautiful black sweaters have been knit from my wool.

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

Even the smallest blessing on earth is enough reason to be thankful for your life.

If you are having a problem with being your true self, how then would you succeed in being someone else you are not?

HOME, which is the last floor for everyone.

I'm not here to be small, to compare, to judge (myself or you), to fit in or to be perfect. I'm here to grow, to learn, to love, to be human.

I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay with being different, and with being this alive, this intense. (xxvi)

A person may learn things all their life, but never gain knowledge of truth.

I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself.

Don’t just remain an accidental being.

Fate’ and ‘coincidence’ are the mythological derivatives authored by those who refuse to see a ‘greater purpose’, because such a conclusion would naturally suggest a ‘Greater Being’.

Judgement of others and ourselves always comes from a place of fear. It is fear that keeps us from living authentically all that we say we value.

No human being really has any misery. It is your own mistake if you complain of the misery.

Being different and thinking different makes a person unforgettable. History does not remember the forgettable.

I am not the human being that you see. I am the light. In my heart, I feel dances of electromagnetic waves of love and spirit.

There's a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic.

In leadership, life and all things it’s far wiser to judge people by their deeds than their speech - their track record rather than their talk” – Rasheed Ogunlaru

In the journey of life, you can only be as fruitful or fruitless as the thoughts that constantly dwell in your mind.

Dance your Soulful path / and you shall know the magic / of your mind & heart / and all the beauty laughing / to fill your rising self.

Being yourself is an old myth, being fake in this world of cruelness is a new trick

When I am, you are not.

It takes enormous courage and humility to be open to others to find out who we really are.

Being and not being are not two different realities, but two different aspects of the same reality.