Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes

I believe in nurturing the inner world.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not ourselves. It is some explanation of ourselves. To study the teaching is to know yourselves. That is why we do not ever attach to the teaching, or to the teacher. The moment you meet a teacher you should leave the teacher, and you should be independent. You want a teacher so that you can be independent. So you study yourselves. You have the teacher for yourselves, not for the teacher.

The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.

As we stop monitoring others' opinions, we connect with our heart's wisdom.

We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today.

Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.

The key is your thoughts and feelings, and you have been holding the key in your hand all of your life.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.

We are graced with a greater capacity for direct contact with our own higher power than most of us are in the habit of using.

Especially since I started studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment. I definitely think I wasn't very present prior to that.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

You have to listen to your own heart.

I've learned a lot from counseling and talking about the mistakes that I've made; I've understood why I made them.

I use solitude as a judge and as a person - a lot.

I feel like I'd invested so much in the physical side of my life: running marathons - I brought a SEAL into my house - I have a trainer. But I've invested very little on the inner work, and in a world of distractions, I felt like to have the whole picture, I really had to spend a little time alone and work on being present.

I listen to myself, listen to my heart.

I respect anybody that is very in tune with their feelings.

I want people to find their inner depth.

Sometimes you need a humbling experience to think about a few things.

It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And that can be just a few minutes sitting on your porch feeling the breeze against your face. That can be a few moments spent in meditation or in prayer or remembering three things you're grateful for.

Self-awareness is something that we actually actively avoid.