Stephen Mitchell Quotes

#1. The change of language is a change in reality.

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#2. They say you can fool some of the people all of the time. Accordingly, I think we should concentrate on this group initially. We can move on to the people you can only fool some of the time at a later date if we deem it necessary.

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#3. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.

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#4. Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

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#5. If good happens, good; if bad happens, good.

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#6. So actions themselves are not good and not bad; only the intention is important.

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#7. But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance.

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#8. If you listen to the traffic with a clear mind, without any concepts, it is not noisy, it is only what it is.

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#9. Just as the sun by itself
illuminates the entire world,
so the field owner illumines
everything in the field.

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#10. Love softens everything except our sense of integrity.

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#11. I am speechless: what can I answer?
I put hand on my mouth.
I have said too much already;
now I will speak no more.

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#12. When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

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#13. Wishes are like magnifying glasses they enlarge and focus an intention that is already inside us.

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#14. Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.

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#15. He doesn't hear but sees the Voice.

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#16. The river rises, flows over its banks
and carries us all away, like mayflies
floating downstream: they stare at the sun,
then all at once there is nothing.

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#17. When there's no way out, you just follow the way in front of you.

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#18. In a cookie factory, different cookies are baked in the shape of animals, cars, people, and airplanes. They all have different names and forms, but they are all made from the same dough, and they all taste the same.

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#19. The audience will remember what it didn't expect to see.

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#20. True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way.

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#21. What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

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#22. Hmm,' said the King. 'I must write that down in my book of aphorisms. I don't know if it is deep, but it sounds deep.

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#23. Happily ever after doesn't begin with Once upon a time: it begins with Now.

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#24. It is better to do your own duty badly than to perfectly do an others; when you do your duty, you are naturally free from sin.

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#25. When he makes you a promise, he is assuring you that however the world changes, his word will not change. Thus, he is creating the future inside the present. Even more: he is creating the present inside the present. He is establishing on stationary point amid the infinite flux of events.

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#26. Creativity, not normality, has become the paradigm of mental health.

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#27. What is the gospel according to Jesus? Simply this: that the love we all long for in our innermost heart is already present, beyond longing.

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