[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. —Napoleon Bonaparte More about this quote Tags: medicine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't live in a town where there are no doctors. —Jewish Proverb More about this quote Tags: medicine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to make them feel better; do no harm. —Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider More about this quote Tags: medicine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. —Alice James More about this quote Tags: medicine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When it's over, I want to say: All my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. —Mary Oliver More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. —Charlotte Perkins Gilman More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Stop reading for a moment, and imagine that you are going to die in one minute. The last things you are going to experience are reading these pages, sitting in this room, thinking and feeling what you are thinking and feeling right now. This is the end of your life. . . .You have no time to write a note or make a phone call. All you can do is experience what is, right now. This is a very simple exercise, but it is quite profound. It brings you into presence very quickly. You stop fighting, you stop needing, you stop being concerned with physical comfort, you stop wanting, you stop achieving, and you stop maintaining. Enlightenment, attainment, realization all become meaningless. You are just present. —Ken McLeod More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. —Charlotte Joko Beck More about this quote Tags: life joy illness fortune Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You may have expected that enlightenment would come like zap! Instantaneous and permanent. This is unlikely. After the first "aha" experience, it can be thought of as the thinning of a layer of clouds. —Ram Dass More about this quote Tags: experience enlightenment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. Expect omens, epiphanies, casual blessings, and teachers who unknowingly speak to your condition. —Sam Keen More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Yes, I do have a personal practice. . . . Sometimes I forget my practice and start doing bizarre and strange things like meditating or following my breath. But the practice that I am really committed to is living ordinary human life. —Arjuna Nick Ardagh More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
All that a guru can tell you is "My dear sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself. You are not the person you take yourself to be. —Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you. —Eckhart Tolle More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The Buddha did not enter some new territory: he saw things the way they were. What was extinguished was only the false view of self. What had always been illusory was understood as such. Nothing was changed but the perspective of the observer. When asked, "What are you?" by an awestruck would-be follower, the Buddha responded only, "I am awake. —Mark Epstein More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Imagine that you are experiencing an unpleasant night dream: You are in the ocean, swimming; you have gone out too far; you look back toward the shore and see that there is very little hope of rescue. Even though you shout your lungs out, no one can hear you. . . . You struggle and strive to reach the shore, and, of course, the harder you fight, the harder the ocean fights you. There is only one thing left for you to do — drown. Yes, drown — but wait! In your fight, you shouted and someone heard you, came over and shook you, woke you up, and behold the miracle! The drowning self disappeared; the ocean disappeared; the struggle disappeared. You awakened and found that you had never left your comfortable home. All that was necessary in order to be released from the struggle was to awaken! —Joel Goldsmith More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email