A Quote by Frederick Lenz

Greed, fear, lust, hate, jealousy, these are part of reality too ... bundles of consciousness wrapped tightly, barbs on which you can injure yourself, volatile energies that serve as separations between yourself and perfect stillness.

Frederick Lenz

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Barbs Between Bundles Consciousness Energies Fear Greed Hate Jealousy Lust Part Perfect Reality Serve Stillness Tightly Too Volatile Which Wrapped Yourself

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Frederick Lenz
American - Author
February 9, 1950 - April 12, 1998

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Frederick Lenz

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Henri Nouwen

Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

Thomas Merton

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George Lucas

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed ? but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

Mahatma Gandhi

Only the ego can fear, experience hate, lust and jealousy. Humility experiences none of these things - it merges into the transcendental awareness of perfection.

Frederick Lenz

The path of love has many opponents - fear, self-pity, anxiety, hate, lust, greed, avarice - all the usual freinds.

Frederick Lenz

Fear can make you do more wrong than hate or jealousy. If you’re afraid you don’t commit yourself to life completely; fear makes you always, always hold something back. You shouldn’t be alone. It’s killing you; it’s undermining you. All the time, every day, you should be somewhere with people.

Philip K. Dick

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Eckhart Tolle

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Miguel Angel Ruiz

Happiness doesn't come from getting what you want. It doesn't come from within, either. Happiness comes from *between*--from finding the right relationship between yourself and others, between yourself and your work, and between yourself and something larger than yourself.

Jonathan Haidt

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Eckhart Tolle

Look for the things in your life that bring you stillness and happiness, not the things that make you crazy. Look inside yourself and look for that perfect stillness.

Frederick Lenz

If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!