Selfless Quotes - Page 11

• Selfless actions create a higher karma, which brings you into higher states of mind. When you are in higher states of mind you will see things that you never saw before.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Mind, Saws

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• The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

  Danny McBride

  Giving Up, Parent, Needs

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless love of my mother. I have none of the plodding, practical love. . . . . I am, to be blunt and concise, in love only with myself, my puny being with its small inadequate breasts and meager, thin talents. I am capable of affection for those who reflect my own world.

  Sylvia Plath

  Mother, World, Affection

  Sylvia Plath (2007). “The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.98, Anchor

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• Kundalini is generated through cultivating humility, purity, through meditation, selfless giving, and by studying with an advanced teacher on a personal level.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Humility, Buddhism

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• The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Selfish, Discipline, Generosity

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• Eternity is selfless giving. Eternity sends forth all of the worlds, the very fabric of existence.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Selfless Giving

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• Love is as simple as the absence of self- given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.

  Criss Jami

  Unrequited Love, Simple, Love Is

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.83, Criss Jami

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• Selfless giving changes our concept of our identity. When we give to others our unselfishness removes the spot of "self" that stained our awareness.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Self

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• Life itself is selfless giving. We're not given this life just for own amusement and pleasures.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Selfless Giving

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• What you do affects your awareness field. When you do something selfless your attention feild is more clear, more lucid.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Attention

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• Selfless giving presupposes something - that there is a lumunious reality.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Reality

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• Nature gives constantly to us. We as indendepent egos think we're important. Selfless giving has to do with overcoming the ego. The ego makes us unhappy.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Thinking

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• Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’

  Phil Jackson

  Teamwork, Attitude, Player

  "Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant" by Mike Bresnahan, articles.latimes.com. May 16, 2013.

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• The best mantrum is selfless giving beause as you repeat it again and again, you change.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Selfless Giving

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• That the sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition, and implies no more contradiction, than the affirmation, that it will rise.

  David Hume

  Sun, Tomorrow, Affirmation

  David Hume (2016). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Revision of Great Book”, p.19, VM eBooks

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• Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.

  Romain Gary

  Positive, Laughter, Work

  Romain Gary (1987). “Promise at Dawn”, p.130, New Directions Publishing

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• Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.

  Bob Goff

  Pride, Love Is, Never Forget

  Twitter post from Mar 23, 2015

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• Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.

  Denis Leary

  Firefighter, Encounters, Servant

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• The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof I need that human beings are not mere animals of self-interest. We carry within us a divine spark, and if we chose to recognize it, our lives have dignity, meaning, hope.

  Dean Koontz

  Sacrifice, Animal, Self

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Seize the Night: A Novel”, p.210, Bantam

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• When I'm around people who are incredibly passionate about what they're doing, people who live their lives in a more selfless way than most people. That's when I'm inspired. That's what I aspire to do and be.

  John Rzeznik

  People, Passionate, Way

  "John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Positive, Inspiring

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• When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspiration, Doe, Fruit

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• Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience, but an act of selfless spirit.

  David Mamet

  Art, Expression, Accomplishment

  David Mamet (2011). “True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor”, p.24, Vintage

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• Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron project in India.' ... After all, they're greedy businessmen and you're a selfless public servant.

  Harry Browne

  Sorry, Mean, Should Have

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• To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless.

  Benjamin Stone

  Love Is, Passionate, Honest

  Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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