Frederick Lenz Quotes About Discipline

• It is one thing to teach a dynamic Oriental philosophy and religious code; it is quite another to put such a discipline to the test by successfully living it in the face of ridicule.

  Frederick Lenz

  Religious, Philosophy, Buddhism

• People on the pathway to enlightenment become very successful in whatever they approach, because they have learned to discipline the mind.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Successful

• Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Discipline, Mindfulness

• Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know.

  Frederick Lenz

  Live Life, Knowing, Discipline

• As you gain more discipline over your body, you will find that a corollary discipline will develop in the mind because the two really go together.

  Frederick Lenz

  Health, Buddhism, Two

• Zen is a study. It's a discipline. It involves the active use of will to make things happen or not happen. These are the secrets of power.

  Frederick Lenz

  Discipline, Secret, Use

• In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Health, Buddhism

• Enlightenment requires discipline, balance, knowledge, power, happiness and a sense of responsibility and sacrifice, being able to do things with your life that you would not have done otherwise.

  Frederick Lenz

  Responsibility, Buddhism, Sacrifice

• In the creative arts you draw a special power. The discipline required is awesome to be an actor or an actress, to be really good, not just another one waiting tables.

  Frederick Lenz

  Success, Art, Buddhism

• If you are serious about sports and athletics then you need to begin the discipline of mind. With the power of mind, almost anything can be accomplished.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Health, Buddhism

• Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.

  Frederick Lenz

  Health, Buddhism, Discipline

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