Midst Quotes - Page 5

• Love is fearless in the midst
  of the sea of fear.

  Rumi

  Love Is, Sea, Fearless

  Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, Rumi (2015). “Collected Poetical Works of Rumi (Delphi Classics)”, p.708, Delphi Classics

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• I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

  Saul Bellow

  Art, Attention, Distraction

  "Conversations with Saul Bellow".

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• We need Goddess consciousness to reveal earth's holiness. Divine feminine imagery opens up the notion that the earth is the body of the Divine, and when that happens, the Divine cannot be contained solely in a book, church, dogma, liturgy, theological system, or transcendent spirituality. The earth is no longer a mere backdrop until we get to heaven, something secondary and expendable. Mater becomes inspirited; it breathes divinity. Earth comes alive and sacred. And we find ourselves alive in the midst of her and forever altered.

  Sue Monk Kidd

  Book, Divine Feminine, Forever

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• What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the controls? What if we were to intentionally stop our mental computations and our rushing around and, for a minute or two, simply pause and notice our inner experience?

  Tara Brach

  Hands, Two, Rushing

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• I have learned that human beings are not searching for philosophies, even though it may seem that way sometimes. We are searching for something we can trust. And when we find ourselves in the midst of change, the philosophies are like a broken crutch. They do not hold us up. What supports us is a force, an energy, a vortex of love that expresses through us as warmth, creativity, service, and compassion.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Philosophy, Creativity, Compassion

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• Midnight is another planet! When the clock strikes twelve and if you are asleep, wake up, friend, and discover the beauties of this new planet: Discover the silence; discover the tranquillity; speak to the owls, speak to the moon; greet the hedgehogs and disappear in the midst of the mists!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Moon, Silence, Owl

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• Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated; they simply quit. ... As you face bad experiences, it's important for you to remember that you can rarely see the benefits while you're in the midst of them. You usually gain perspective on the other side of it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Perspective, Important, Benefits

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• For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Law, Dumb, Arms

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Pro Milone, IV, p. 430-34, 1922.

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• We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.

  Alan Greenspan

  Government, Self, Credit

  "Greenspan Admits Free Market Ideology Flawed". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. October 24, 2008.

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• Once we begin to flee the things that threaten and burden us, there is no end to fleeing. God's solution is surprising. He offers rest. But it's a unique form of rest. It's to rest in him in the midst of our threats and our burdens. It's discovering, as David did in seasons of distress, that God is our rock and refuge right in the thick of our situation.

  Mark Buchanan

  Unique, Rocks, Fleeing

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• Often, in the midst of great problems, we stop short of the real blessing God has for us, which is a fresh vision of who He is.

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Real, Blessing, Vision

  Anne Graham Lotz (2009). “The Vision of His Glory”, p.24, Harper Collins

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• What we will be seeking... for the rest of our lives will be large, stable communities of like-minded people, which is to say relatives. They no longer exist. The lack of them is not only the main cause, but probably the only cause of our shapeless discontent in the midst of such prosperity.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  People, Community, Causes

  "Thoughts of a Free Thinker". Kurt Vonnegut's commencement address at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (May 26, 1974), as quoted in Kurt Vonnegut "Palm Sunday", 1981.

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• I think sometimes we think faith is about having all the answers. It isn't. But it's the thing that keeps you steady and in peace in the midst of storms.

  Todd Burpo

  Thinking, Storm, Answers

  "'Heaven is for Real' dad tells his story". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I was doing big roles and, yeah, everything was going great. In the midst of all that, I guess I had already become common in the sense that I became formed into what the world wanted me to be. My desires and my goals were (identified) by the world - the things that would make me (successful) in the sight of the world and would give me a status that I thought was security.

  Patricia Mauceri

  Successful, Sight, Goal

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The integral sage, the nondual sage, is here to show us otherwise. Known generally as "Tantric," these sages insist on transcending life by living it. They insist on finding release by engagement, finding nirvana in the midst of samsara, finding total liberation by complete immersion.

  Ken Wilber

  Engagement, Sage, Release

  Ken Wilber (2000). “One Taste”, p.279, Shambhala Publications

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• There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don't die of starvation, only human beings.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Animal, People, Poverty

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.

  Matt Nathanson

  Important, Staying

  "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.

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• When you're in the midst of writing, it's a beautiful thing happening through you. Many people have said that it's not you, it's the soul of humankind and so on, I don't know. But it has the same effect [as music]. It takes you out of your body and out of this planet.

  T.C. Boyle

  Beautiful, Writing, People

  Source: therumpus.net

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• We are the in midst of a bipartisan moment as it relates to criminal justice reform and dealing with mass incarceration in America which disproportionately impacts the African-American community.

  Hakeem Jeffries

  Impact, America, Justice

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• You're often looking at writing from writers who, for the most part, are working in forms that traditionally fit into other genres. But sometimes, in the midst of their better-known stuff, there's this wayward thing, and because it's wayward it isn't considered representative of their work, so it falls through the cracks.

  John D'Agata

  Fall, Writing, Cracks

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am asked to buy shoes or something.

  Jodie Foster

  Shoes, Problem, Focused

  "The Legend: Jodie Foster". Interview with Saoirse Ronan, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2016.

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• If you do nursing or that type of work long enough, you become a healer in your own thoughts. You're cycling love, so you can stay a little more sane in the midst of it.

  Linda Perhacs

  Nursing, Cycling, Long

  Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. February 20, 2014.

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• I think there was a brief period where Norwegian bands were evolving and that was an interesting time where it seemed like a band like Darkthrone was stuck in the midst of a lot of change and seemed a bit redundant.

  Mat McNerney

  Thinking, Interesting, Band

  "Show No Mercy". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 17, 2009.

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• There is nothing that does not have something perfect in it; and it is the happiness of good taste to be able to find this perfection in all things. But there is a natural malignity that often discovers a vice in the midst of several virtues, in order to reveal and proclaim the discovery to all the world - a quality that is more the mark of a naturally evil temperament than a superior sense of discrimination. And it is truly an evil lot, to pass one's life always feeding off the imperfections of others.

  Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

  Life, Discovery, Order

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• We have talked about revoking French citizenship for some individuals. Therefore, I have decided to apply for citizenship, which in a way points out the contradictions of this bill that states the forfeiture of French citizenship exclusively to individuals holding dual nationalities. Through this application, I put myself in the midst of the French political debate and discredit everything that might be said against me about this matter.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Political, Might, Bills

  Source: themuslimtimes.info

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