Kevin Gates
Rapper, singer, songwriter
"Breathing is so important with physical activity, then how much more important is it with psychological activity?"
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Breathing
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Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Be aware of your breathing. Notice how this takes attention away from your thinking and creates space."
Nhat Hanh
Zen Master, Author
"Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment."
Simone Weil
Philosopher, Activist
"The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running."
Gabriel Marcel
Philosopher, Playwright
"I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers."
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"If you are still breathing, you have a second chance."
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"Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again."
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"In America there is institutional racism that we all inherit and participate in, like breathing the air in this room - and we have to become sensitive to it."
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"Profit for a company is like oxygen for a person. If you don't have enough of it, you're out of the game. But if you think your life is about breathing, you're really missing something."
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"But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamped, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph; I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them,-- Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun."
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"If the street life, not the Whitechapel street life, but that of the common but so-called respectable part of town is in any city more gloomy, more ugly, more grimy, more cruel than in London, I certainly don't care to see it. Sometimes it occurs to one that possibly all the failures of this generation, the world over, have been suddenly swept into London, for the streets are a restless, breathing, malodorous pageant of the seedy of all nations."
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"Breathing is meditation; life is a meditation. You have to breathe in order to live, so breathing is how you get in touch with the sacred space of your heart."
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"I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air."
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"When you're pushed killing is as easy as breathing."
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"Being aware of your breath forces you into the present moment - the key to all inner transformation. Whenever you are conscious of the breath, you are absolutely present. You may also notice that you cannot think and be aware of your breathing. Conscious breathing stops your mind."
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"If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly."
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"Magic is not a practice. It is a living, breathing web of energy that, with our permission, can encase our every action."
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"Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?"
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"As long as you and I are still breathing, we have a purpose to serve"
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"I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below."
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"To have her here in bed with me, breathing on me, her hair in my mouth—I count that something of a miracle."
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"Music to me is just like breathing. I have to have it. It's part of me."
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"Love should be as natural as living and breathing."
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"How can a deer tell when a leaf falls silent in the forest? She hears it breathing differently."
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"Practicing regular, mindful breathing can be calming and energizing and can even help with stress-related health problems ranging from panic attacks to digestive disorders."
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