Top 100 Art Hochberg Quotes
#1. Religions are strange. They seem to be caught in some dream which they won't give up and trying to convince others of the truth of their dream, when in fact each person is having their own dream. Take what you need from the religions and just leave the rest, and be all right with that.
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#2. You know when you're by yourself you can say the most outrageous things. No one is listening.
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#3. The world attracts and distracts at the same time. Make sure you know the difference and go with that in mind.
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#4. Sometimes it seems that the world is a very, very, large, insane asylum. We need only not get caught in others' madness and stick to our own.
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#5. Be fearless. What the hell, why not. You have nothing to lose except fear, which isn't yours anyway.
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#6. For a man, he has to learn how to get along without a woman for periods of time. For a woman, she has to learn how to get along without a man for periods of time. That's how men and women learn to be able to get along with each other.
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#7. You know, when you look into the Guru's eyes you're just seeing yourself. If you see the Guru, then you're missing the point of the Guru.
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#8. If you take care of the small things with ease, then there are no big things to take care of. This is how we reduce our drama.
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#9. Too much thinking can make a person ill at ease.
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#10. Stay out of situations that you don't absolutely have to get involved with.
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#11. A prayer is not what you think - it's what you experience.
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#13. There is no precognition - there is only cognition.
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#14. Things look one way and then they look another way.
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#15. Why is it that churches and religions and that whole gang behave as if they have got the whole God knowledge down. I mean what kind of arrogance is that?
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#16. Don't take pride to prayer. Take prayer to pride and eliminate it. It's not a good friend, actually.
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#17. A big part of wisdom is to learn which situations to get involved in, or not get involved in - it really is as simple as that.
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#18. When you are around people who are really suffering, you get to experience some of their suffering and that can make you stronger in your faith.
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#19. Things do make sense at the time we do them. Then later on, they may make absolutely no sense at all. Isn't that amazing? Actually often they don't make any sense even while we're doing them.
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#20. Everything that's happened to you up to this point in your life is all nostalgia of equal intensity. We're the ones who imbue the nostalgia with emotion.
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#21. Deep down everyone is really good. It's just that sometimes people forget that they are that good.
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#22. This movie we're in is unpredictable at any time.
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#23. You can't know what you need to know until it's up for you to know it.
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#24. If you want to be a radical theologian, you have to be able to say, "I have no idea what is going on." That's being a radical theologian.
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#25. Who made up all these rules anyway? If you think God's got rules, then you need another view of God.
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#26. If you set up your life so that the people you need you, that's ok. If you set up your life so that you don't need anyone - then you need to be prepared for the experience of aloneness.
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#27. The best you can do is to take care of your life. No one is going to do it for you.
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#28. Relaxing is hard to do at times. Worrying and agitation are even harder on the body and mind.
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#29. God is continuously learning from his creations. We think God knows what's going to happen next---Hmmmmmm..........I wonder.
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#30. Everyone's story is just their story. It may have little to do with you, or nothing to do with you.
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#31. You always have to be prepared that the thing we want most desperately to happen may not happen the way we think. That takes faith. So why not try wanting to see something happen without desperation.
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#32. Don't play the reels of your life backwards - play them forward.
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#33. It's almost as important to know what you need to not do, as what you need to do. Actually it may be more important, since it may save you a great deal of effort and possible aggravation. This is where restraint comes in handy.
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#34. The best way to do something is to do it without thought. That's real concentration.
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#35. Once you individuate from the Guru, you're on your own Guru journey.
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#37. What happens when you run out of patience? Just exert a little bit more. Keep stretching it.
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#38. Why think about tomorrow today, when you don't even know if there will be a tomorrow, or if there is, if you'll be there tomorrow?
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#39. This whole trip certainly feels real, and yet at the same time, it is unreal. How does that work? The thing is, we have to go through the unreal to the next reel.
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#40. Why would we want to take on anyone else'take on reality when we have our own?
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#41. Don't focus on the pain in the world, focus on what will keep you sane in the world.
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#42. Isn't it amazing how you can actually remember things? Where are they when you're not remembering them?
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#43. Things can change fast if we are alert, or things can change slowly if we are even more alert.
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#44. Own your own story and then disown it. See how that feels.
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#45. If you keep little decisions small - then big decisions will even be smaller.
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#46. A wife can give you strife. A wife can act like a knife, and a wife can help you have a good life. And the same goes for husbands.
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#47. There's always less to do than you think. If there's more to do than you think, then do that also.
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#48. It may seem sometimes, that it is hard to find the right words to say to someone. It is even harder to remain silent, until the right words come. Then it's easy.
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#49. When you smell a flower, where is the smell before you smell the flower? Think about that one.
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#50. Worrying about tomorrow, today? Hmmmmmm. Why?
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#51. Any thought can pop into your head at any moment. Where do these thoughts come from?
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#52. Every day, each day is the most important day of your life.
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#54. Time does not pass - only events pass. Where do they go? Hmmmmmmm.
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#55. Start out the day assuming you know nothing. That's a good start to the day.
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#56. Once we step out of the picture which we have made ourselves part of, if only temporarily, our life changes.
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#57. You never know what you're going to learn about a situation beforehand. Humility is a powerful tool on the path to greater humility.
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#58. Every once in awhile, give yourself a real compliment. What the hell, why not.
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#59. Sometimes just shut off the outside. See what's playing on the inside.
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#61. Comforting others can be tricky. It can get real sticky, if we think we are the comforter. There really is only one comforter.
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#62. Childhood can be a scary experience, depending on who is doing the caring and how daring the caring.
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#63. No matter how you imagine something to be, it's not what you imagine it to be. Any thought you have isn't real or a big deal.
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#64. Who is playing this part anyway? That's right, play it any way you want. That's the way to play it.
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#65. Fear comes in many different forms. It is especially lethal when it comes in a spiritual form.
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#66. Why isn't everyone praying all the time? Who cares why everyone isn't praying all the time - you pray all the time.
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#68. When you get to a point where there's absolutely nothing you can count on in this world, you're home free.
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#69. If you do not fear rejection, then you are free to take risks.
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#70. If you let your heart rule you, you'll have a good ruler by which to measure things. This can be called wisdom.
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#71. Basically each one of us is alone here. Everything else is show biz.
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#72. Dying is simply showing up for your time of departure - from this realm.
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#73. The idea is to get your life to where it is doable, manageable, and somewhat in order.
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#74. We've come here to totally individualize, and yet, we're totally connected to everyone else. How does that work?
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#75. The point is you gotta be ready for anything. You have to honor every part of your life - all the parts you've played - that's about forgiveness and love.
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#76. What about when you miss someone? Where does that come from? It comes from love.
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#77. To pray with others is good. To pray alone is even better.
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#78. Accepting the rule that others want us to play is fine, as long as we're fine with it.
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#79. Everyone and everything comes into our life at exactly the right time.
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#80. Picture yourself sitting in the middle of a junkyard, and there is light all around you. That's a good one.
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#81. Love is the antidote for all the fears, questions and worries that we accumulate in life.
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#82. Life presents some very interesting situations. When you're in the middle of a jam, you're not thinking, "Oh that's interesting." You're thinking, "How the hell am I going to get through this one.
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#83. Really, really there is no dying for us. Remember?
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#84. Everything comes from nowhere. Where is nowhere? An, that's the mystery of our lives.
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#85. It's not our job to pick up another's fears or even their strengths. Work on your own fears and strengths, that's your spiritual practice.
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#86. Really, when you think about it, how can God speak through everybody? Hmmmmmm.
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#87. So how do we do this trip, knowing it's all an illusion? How do we do that? We can't do that. We can only hang on for the ride.
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#88. You know, you're never going to be late for a scene - the scene you're designed to be in.
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#89. When you have nothing other than your breath, then you are fully alive.
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#90. You know there are a lot of different aspects to ourselves. It's good to meet them, even engage them if we want to. Or just say, "The hell with them.
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#91. If you have to separate yourself from things, or someone else, do it without a big attitude.
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#92. Some people say they're afraid about dying. Noooo ... it's the fear of living totally in the moment, living fully engaged, and independent at the same time. That's the real fear.
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#93. People talk of the Sufi way. Wrong. If there is a way, it's not Sufism.
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#94. Today, like any other day, is totally incomprehensible. It's good to be in a state of wonder and be alive to what's happening.
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#95. You don't always have to say what's on your mind. You can keep it to yourself for the time being. That's called patience.
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#96. I mean when you really, really, really think about it, the whole trip is really, really unbelievable.
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#97. Babies are the latest dispatch from the Creator of everything.
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#98. Religion will not get us where we need to go. It just goes so far, and then we're on our own toward the open space where there are no religious practices or beliefs.
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#99. When you really merge with someone, it's not that you merge with them, you're merging with love.
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#100. The thing is you cannot imagine what is going to happen next. If you're imagining it - it's from your imagination.
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