Breathing

Walter Russell Artist, Author, Philosopher

Breathing

"In more simple words, we might say everything in the universe is trying to become every other thing; and every condition of everything is trying to become every other condition. A hot iron, for example, will strive to become as cool as its environment, and the cool environment will strive to become as hot as the hot iron. They compromise and find an equilibrium between the two, which is neither the one thing nor the other. This conspicuous fact is one of the most characteristic traits of Nature."

Two Simple Breathing

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Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer

Breathing

"This is the key. If you get into deep water with these substances, this is true of psilocybin as well, you don't want to clench, you don't want to assume the fetal position and stop breathing. You want to sit up straight and breathe, and sing, and sing it back, and it will step back. You can take control of your situation ... most of the time."

Keys Breathing Deep Water

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Ray Bradbury Author

Breathing

"Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life."

Writing Stories Breathing

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Lauryn Hill Singer, Songwriter

Breathing

"Place your attention 6 inches above your crown. God is breathing in and out there."

Practice Attention Breathing

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher, Writer, Composer

Breathing

"Living is not breathing but doing."

Life Breathing

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Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, Television Host

Breathing

"You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, 'Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it's so repetitious.'"

Breathing Nerves Funny Relationship

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Edith Wharton Novelist, Short Story Writer

Breathing

"The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing."

Air Inspiring Breathing

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Colin Davis Conductor

Breathing

"Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing."

Singing Piano Breathing

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Bob Dylan Singer-songwriter

Breathing

"A lot of people can't stand touring but to me it's like breathing. I do it because I'm driven to do it."

People Breathing Driven

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Alan Watts Philosopher, Writer

Breathing

"Breathing is important in the practice of meditation because it is the faculty in us that is simultaneously voluntary and involuntary. You can feel that you are breathing, and equally you can feel that it is breathing you. So it is a sort of bridge between the voluntary world and the involuntary world — a place where they are one."

Practice Bridges Breathing

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Thomas Merton Writer, Monk

Breathing

"My God, I pray better to you by breathing and walking than by talking, just as in choir I sing best when I am thinking about something else, or better still, praying."

Talking Praying Breathing

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Russell Brand Comedian, Actor

Breathing

"I think many of the boundaries that convention has placed upon us are arbitrary, so we can fiddle with them if we fancy. Gravity's hard to dispute, and breathing, but a lot of things we instinctively obey are a lot of old tosh."

Thinking Breathing Arbitrary

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Shriram Sharma Businessman

Breathing

"Only those who know how to breathe will survive."

Breathing Know How Breathe

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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist

Breathing

"We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make."

Ifs Breathing Contribution

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Breathing

"Apart from the obvious advantages of having ice to melt, filter, then drink, you can also break apart the water's hydrogen from its oxygen. Use the hydrogen and some of the oxygen as active ingredients in rocket fuel and keep the rest of the oxygen for breathing. And in your spare time between space missions, you can always go ice skating on the frozen lake created with the extracted water."

Breathing Ice Oxygen

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Haruki Murakami Writer

Breathing

"Has the dark shadow really disappeared? Or is it inside me, concealed, waiting for its chance to reappear? Like a clever thief hidden inside a house, breathing quietly, waiting until everyone’s asleep. I have looked deep inside myself, trying to detect something that might be there. But just as our consciousness is a maze, so too is our body. Everywhere you turn there’s darkness, and a blind spot. Everywhere you find silent hints, everywhere a surprise is waiting for you."

Dark Clever Breathing

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Linda Stone Businesswoman

Breathing

"Breathing determines emotion. Emotion determines breathing."

Emotion Breathing Determine

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Maya Angelou Poet, Memoirist

Breathing

"As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good."

Long Breathing Too Late

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Queen Noor of Jordan Queen consort, Philanthropist

Breathing

"I join all of you who are advocates telling others that they can improve their lives and the quality of their lives and others by taking a few moments, breathing, and allowing one's whole being to become a vessel for positivity."

Quality Breathing Positivity

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author

Breathing

"Be aware of your breathing as often as you are able, whenever you remember. Do that for one year, and it will be powerfully transformative. And it's free."

Years Able Breathing

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