Quotes About Finding Nirvana

#1. Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.

Jack Kerouac

#2. 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

#3. When I started to work in Paris in fine dining, the passion really kicked in, and I knew that I would not, for the rest of my life, do anything else.

Eric Ripert

#4. Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.

R.D. Ronald

#5. It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick that, second only to their need of fresh air, is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room and that it is not only light but direct sunlight they want.

Florence Nightingale

#6. Truth will not make us rich, but it will make us free.

Will Durant

#7. It's actually reassuring to see people struggling to do our accent instead of us constantly trying to emulate British or American accents, which we are always asked to do.

Martin Henderson

#8. Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

Francis Collins

#9. I have a zillion bottles of hot sauce. I love Trader Joe's jalapeno. The whole right side of my fridge is filled with hot sauce.

Lisa Ling

#10. I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Stephen Hawking

#11. American families only spend 17 minutes a day on average having time together.

Daniel L. Doctoroff

#12. He knew he'd been frightened, but his fear was a distant thing. He was filled with expectation. He wasn't sure what was coming, or when, only that it would arrive and that it was essential he be ready to meet it.

Leigh Bardugo

#13. I do hope to die with a quiet heart . I know that may not be realistic.

Marilynne Robinson

#14. Miss Marilyn Monroe calls to mind the bouquet of a fireworks display, eliciting from her awed spectators an open-mouthed chorus of ohs and ahs ...

Cecil Beaton

#15. The difficulty that accompanies you is less like the dark than a trusted lantern to see your way by.

Eudora Welty

#16. Most 'reality' shows aren't reality at all. They're game shows with no prize. Like 'Rock of Love.' His aren't genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn't really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone's dreams.

Hal Sparks

#17. We are, all of us, on our own journeys.

Alexandra Bracken