"The whole of the day should not be daytime; there should be one hour, if not more, which the day did not bring forth."
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"I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist."
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"Meditation ... must be power of will and strength of attention, being like a flight to great heights wherein wings must be plied hard though joyfully."
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"An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous in such a high-wrought felicity; and she went to her room, and grew steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment."
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"What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope, for, by that shake of the head, your meditations are not satisfactory." Catherine coloured, and said, "I was not thinking of anything." That is artful and deep, to be sure; but I had rather be told at once that you will not tell me." Well then, I will not." Thank you; for now we shall soon be acquainted, as I am authorized to tease you on this subject whenever we meet, and nothing in the world advances intimacy so much."
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"Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order."
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"Meditation is like the breeze that comes in when you leave the window open; but if you deliberately keep it open, deliberately invite it to come, it will never appear."
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"When you practice meditation, the meditator becomes all-important and not the movement of meditation."
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"Meditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that anyone can drink out of any jar."
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"It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it."
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"You cultivate the subconscious by meditation, by sitting in silence and by not trying to control your thoughts. Then go someplace where you haven't been before, or go for a walk, a run, and look for signs of grace-an epiphany, something that comes to you."
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"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."
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"A man should keep for himself a little back shop, all his own, quite unadulterated, in which he establishes his true freedom and chief place of seclusion and solitude."
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"The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through the medium of imaginary characters."
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"Meditation is really just quieting yourself enough so you can get in touch with your own inner wisdom."
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