Gretchen Bleiler Quotes

... when confronted with unusual life situations... A warrior acts as if nothing had ever happened, because he doesn't believe in anything, yet he accepts everything at its face value.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

I almost feel like I'm unoffendable now. I can roll with whatever.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

Let your mind alone, and see what happens.

The good thing from my perspective is that nobody puts any pressure on me to say what it's going to be. The backers accept that they don't know what they are going to get.

All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.

Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

Please don't be deterred in the fanatic application of your sterile logic.

Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

Thoughts are fine when you don't confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.

I've always said to everyone that ever worked for me, if you get too dug in on a position, the facts change, and you don't change to adapt to the facts, you will never be successful.

Don't get attached to any one idea. Nothing is too precious.

People are so serious about ourselves, and drag suggests that maybe it's all just a bunch of ideas, and we can be a little bit more flexible with them.

I never get too over-confident, or too down. I just go with the flow.

My mind is always free. My mind is flexible.

If you ever want to tame your inner demons, you must consciously choose never to become too attached to any particular life plan - and always remain open to the idea that there might be an even better life plan for you.

Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

Learn to let your thoughts exist on their own without getting too involved in them.