Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed."
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Stressed
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Carl Sagan
Astronomer, Astrophysicist
"A religion old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the universe as revealed by modern science, might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths. Sooner or later such a religion will emerge."
Jennifer Morrison
Actress
"Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed."
Malcolm X
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
"If you are in a country that is progressive, the woman is progressive. If you're in a country that reflects the consciousness toward the importance of education, it's because the woman is aware of the importance of education. But in every backward country you'll find the women are backward, and in every country where education is not stressed its because the women don't have education."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"The importance of a high moral code, which is at the foundation of the Scout movement, cannot be stressed too highly."
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"It is almost banal to say so yet it needs to be stressed continually: all is creation, all is change, all is flux, all is metamorphosis."
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"We could say that the totality, life wants the sapling to become a tree, but the sapling doesn't see itself as separate from life and so wants nothing for itself. It is one with what life wants. That's why it isn't worried or stressed. And, if it has to die prematurely, it dies with ease."
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"Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind."
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"Probably, if you are successful in this world you are stressed, and if you are a failure, you are bored!"
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"I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived."
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"You can be very much aware that when you are stressed, it always is a sign you have lost the present moment. So, you can choose to re-enter the present moment."
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"Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them."
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"We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children."
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"PETA doesn't want stressed animals to be cruelly crowded into sheds, ankle-deep in their own crap, because they don't want any animals to die ever and basically think chickens should, in time, gain the right to vote. I don't want animals stressed or crowded or treated cruelly or inhumanely because that makes them probably less delicious."
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"There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment."
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"The whole world accepts that being stressed is the normal way to live."
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"Mr. Brown had thought of nothing but numbers. He should have known that the kingdom of God did not depend on large crowds. Our Lord Himself stressed the importance of fewness. Narrow is the way and few the number. To fill the Lord's holy temple with an idolatrous crowd clamoring for signs was a folly of everlasting consequence. Our Lord used the whip only once in His life - to drive the crowd away from His church."
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"Never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order."
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"No matter how tired or stressed you are, just by getting dressed and rolling your sleeves up, you can accomplish almost anything."
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"Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food."
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"Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth."
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"You don't know what people are really like until they're under a lot of stress."
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"If you're feeling stressed or anxious and you don't know why, ask yourself: What little thing led me here? Recently, I canceled on a friend because I was tired. I went to bed feeling stressed out, and I realized, I feel bad because I canceled."
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"Pause and remember - The more you stay focused on your blessings the less stressed your life will be!"
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"It's amazing how stress keeps you trim."
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