A Quote by Muso Soseki

The central benefit of Zen, in the context of ordinary ups and downs of life,is not in preventing the minus and promoting the plus,but in directing people to the fundamental reality that is not under the sway of ups and downs.

Muso Soseki

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Muso Soseki
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1275 - October 20, 1351

There have been ups and downs, but it has taught us a lot in life. Going with the team through those ups and downs is a terrific journey.

Sachin Tendulkar

I think it affected me physically and emotionally, yes. I did have my ups and downs, but I actually had more ups and downs after the shots were finished and she was pregnant because of the reality of being pregnant with twins.

Cheryl Tiegs

I feel oddly at peace with the ups and downs of pandemic life. They're not too different from the ups and downs of deployment life, which I've experienced a lot the last few years as my husband, an Army Special Forces officer, has been overseas.

Brianna Keilar

The ups and downs of this cosmos may sometimes be acknowledged to be metaphorical ups and downs, but until about Newton's time most people took the "up" of heaven and the "down" of hell to be more or less descriptive.

Northrop Frye

Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are almost as good as ups.

Robert Breault

There were some ups and downs. But it is about how you overcome those ups and downs.

David Wilkerson

You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.

Billy Corgan

There’s always going to be ups and downs in life and it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t feel the pain. Pain is good. It makes you stronger in time. You will realize how great the ‘great’ really is. Life is about ups and downs. You just have to be able to ride the waves.

Deryck Whibley

My dad was one of the original members of the Groundlings, and I watched him as an actor have ups and downs, and I watched my mom as a casting director have ups and downs.

Simon Helberg

I think there are pluses and minuses to being simpleminded. The minus is not having any sort of vision for the future. But on the plus side, my wife and I have really been happy through all of the ups and downs.

Ty Burrell

Racing has its ups and downs, but the ups make up for the downs.

Bob Baffert

Obviously, you're going to have your ups and your downs, but the more ups I can have and the quicker the downs are, the better I'll be.

Mookie Betts

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

Patti LaBelle

I think every relationship has its ups and downs. I think that's a part of whether you're married or whether you're in friendship or in business, right? They all have their ups and downs, and I think it's just a normal part of life.

Dakota Meyer

Every relationship has their ups and downs, and, you know, when you start having more downs than ups, you know, you gotta take a look at your relationship and be like, you know, 'Is this something that I'm supposed to be doing?'