Views Quotes

It's a relationship I went through that collapsed my entire view of the world in a very extreme way.

When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.

But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty.

Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately.

The mathematical giant [Gauss], who from his lofty heights embraces in one view the stars and the abysses.

'The Last Of Us,' to me, is just amazing storytelling, because everything's from the character point of view, which even movies don't really do successfully a lot of the time.

Obviously geek culture is super influential, the web kind of started from a very geeky point of view because geeks are all about technology.

As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience.

We have no outside point of view. We are nature too.

I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world.

When you are writing for an artist you are trying to get into that artist's point of view. What does that artist want to say? What do they care about? And musically, you want to show off that artist.

When I was younger, my view of New York was really wide-eyed and excited. I've lived here all my life.

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

Who claims that the heathen's view of the world is incorrect? Life gives you nothing! It is ruled by false gods! Nothing remains true to you but your own self; provided you remain true to it.

When I speak or when I offer ideas and explain how the universe seems to work from the point of view that I've understood, it seems to give people a lift - an unshackling or freeing.

If we view the universe as other than what we are, we are everything we don't perceive.

You are god. To be conscious of that not just from the point of view of the human form, to be endless and beginningless perfect being, is to be enlightened.

Of the four major pathways to self-realization, jnana yoga, from the point of view of the beginner, is the most difficult.

On the pathway of knowledge we view life as in a dream. We feel that all of this world is a dream.

Having a tough time, things aren't working out no matter what you try and do? That's because you are spending your whole life just doing things for yourself. That's a very limited view of your being.

According to Zen Buddhist cosmology there are ten thousand different states of mind to view and understand life through.

Each of the ten thousand states of mind presents you with a different view of essence and experience.

Most persons spend their lives stuck in relatively low states of mind. In these states of mind their views of themselves and the world around them are often severely limited.

Zen doesn't believe in the reconciliation of opposites because from the point of view of Zen, there is no point of view.

You can only conceive of what lies beyond the state of mind you are in from the point of view of the state of mind you are in.

I seemed to be leading a very incongruous life from the point of view of the definition of the community I was in.

The island of the tonal, the way we see life, is there so we can get through our life. It was never intended to become a dictator that would usurp all other views of the world and banish them.

The Buddha would never speak about enlightenment. The way he taught people about enlightenment was they meditated with him. He exposed them to countless views of the nagual.

The way you dress is extremely important. It demonstrates your spirit. It's the guise through which the world evaluates and views you.

The experience of going to the other side to nirvana clarifies and simplifies your view of all things. You see the world with greater clarity, because it is not obscured by illusions.

Sometimes you won't feel pleasant during a meditation session; it seems like an uphill run. But when you get to the top, the view is rather breathtaking.

What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with a very solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence

Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching, there's a hexagram that says, "Be like the sun at midday". View all things as being equal.

Not everyone is your friend. When you are psychic you tend to forget that others don't view life the way you do.

Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us.

The universe is perfection. But there are different views that universe provides for itself to view itself. Beyond all views there is nirvana.

We are taught not to perceive but to avoid direct perceptions of reality and to substitute instead this kind of one-dimensional view of life.

You can get stuck in one state of mind or a general area of mind for a thousand lifetimes. Some states of mind afford better views than others.

When your life becomes clear and pure, when your mind is clear and your view of life is unobstructed, then you'll be at peace with yourself. Then you will be happy.

Place an object within your view, hopefully at about eye level. You might have to look down a little bit. Some people have a meditation table on which they put an object of concentration on.

You're going to go to stillness. When that happens, the world collapses. There is no time, no space, no viewer, no viewing, no object in view.

In the state of emptiness, you are the action not the performer of the action. Allow an activity or event to take precedence over your own point of view.

You cannot be born and you cannot die. You will exist in a universe that goes on forever. That is the ultimate horror from the Zen point of view. You could be unhappy forever.

All states of mind have different views. On the higher plateau, opportunities will open to you because you can see them.

Karma will lead you to a larger more expansive happier view or a dinger darker view. That view will enable you to make choices and have experiences.

Everyone experiences desire. Desire is not bad. There is no good or bad from the point of view of karma. There is only structured reaction.

From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that are apparent in the absence of enlightenment are unreal.

If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus.