Denise Nader > Denise's Quotes

“Damn real live people, getting in the way of peaceful ideals.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

“Storage experts are hoarders.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“las razones que explican que uno no sea budista? Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todas las cosas compuestas o creadas son transitorias y cree, por el contrario, en la existencia de alguna substancia o concepto esencial que sea permanente. Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todas las emociones son dolorosas y cree, por el contrario, que algunas emociones son placenteras. Uno no es budista si no puede aceptar que todos los fenómenos son ilusorios y vacíos y cree, por el contrario, que ciertas cosas poseen una existencia inherente. Si, por último, uno cree que la iluminación existe dentro de las esferas del tiempo, el espacio y el poder, tampoco es budista.”
― Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, Tú también puedes ser budista: Descubre las claves del budismo

“Discard anything that doesn’t spark joy.” If you have tried this method even a little, you have realized by now that it is not that difficult to identify something that brings you joy. The moment you touch it, you know the answer. It is much more difficult to decide to discard something. We come up with all kinds of reasons for not doing it, such as “I didn’t use this particular pot all year, but who knows, I might need it sometime.…” or “That necklace my boyfriend gave me, I really liked it at the time.…” But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.”
― Marie Kondō, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

“That this blue exists makes my life a remarkable one, just to have seen it. To have seen such beautiful things. To find oneself placed in their midst. Choiceless.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“At a job interview at a university, three men sitting across from me at a table. On my cv it says that I am currently working on a book about the color blue. I have been saying this for years without writing a word. It is, perhaps, my way of making my life feel “in progress” rather than a sleeve of ash falling off a lit cigarette.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“For no one really knows what color is, where it is, even whether it is. (Can it die? Does it have a heart?) Think of a honeybee, for instance, flying into the folds of a poppy: it sees a gaping violet mouth, where we see an orange flower and assume that it’s orange, that we’re normal. 39.”
― Maggie Nelson, Bluets

“What we do as individuals in daily life will affect not just us but other people, the world at large, and even the universe. At”
― Traleg Kyabgon, Karma: What It Is, What It Isn't, Why It Matters

“Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.   AT”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

“A través de la meditación desarrollamos una lealtad hacia nosotros mismos, que se traduce inmediatamente en lealtad a la propia experiencia vital.”
― Pema Chödrön, Cómo meditar

“Todos nosotros somos en ocasiones un caso perdido.”
― Pema Chödrön, Cómo meditar

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

“Uno de los muchos dones de la meditación es que nos ayuda a interesarnos por nuestras vidas con curiosidad y expansión, en lugar de adoptar la posición de ver todas las complejidades que se nos presentan como una lucha constante.”
― Pema Chödrön, Cómo meditar

“Self-reflection is a practice, a path, and an attitude. It is the spirit of taking an interest in that which we usually try to push away.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“In his teachings, Kongtrül Rinpoche demonstrates with uncompromising clarity how the identification with a solid self and the resulting feeling of self-importance offer an open target for the painful arrows of anger, obsession, pride, and jealousy.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“Another essential testament to the authenticity of Rinpoche’s teachings is his unflinching devotion to his teachers and the strong emphasis he puts on nurturing bodhichitta, the vital altruistic attitude that leads one to realize, as the masters of the past stated, that “anything that is not meant to benefit others is simply not worth undertaking.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“The fact that nothing is certain, and we therefore can’t hold on to anything, can evoke fear and depression in the mind. But it can also evoke a sense of wonder, curiosity, and freedom.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“we access our greatest intelligence through engaging our life with the spirit of wonderment, not through seeking absolute conclusions.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“I confess that I sometimes felt like I was being launched into the endless expanses of space alone...But from the moment I had voiced my trans identity that first night, every step I took felt like coming home. Every step felt like healing, aching and uncomfortable as it began, but slowly hinting at a kind of relief, a feeling of rightness I’d never known before. I was shedding my skin like a snake. I knew it as soon as the itch began. I can only describe how I knew it as the unyielding certainty of instinct.”
― Calvin Payne-Taylor, Genderbound: An Odyssey From Female to Male

“Where do we stop and where does our universe begin? Here we find the Buddha just warming up . . .”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“The Buddha’s process of investigation can be challenging. This is not because his teachings are abstract but rather because they urge us to deeply explore our own experience.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“The Buddha didn’t say that everything is one. He said that everything arises in dependence upon something “other.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“The unique beauty and kindness of the Buddha’s approach is that it never suggests we need to experience anything other than what we experience. The Buddha never said that some thoughts are bad or wrong and we should reject them. Thoughts and emotions—all manner of occurrences—arise in our lives, and we can’t control them.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“All the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born. But before prehistory there was the prehistory of the prehistory and there was the never and there was the yes. It was ever so. I don’t know why, but I do know that the universe never began.
Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.”
― Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

“Rarely do you turn on the TV without seeing an ad for some prescription drug. There’s usually some good looking middle-aged couple, flying a kite on the beach with their dog.”
― Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM

“the strength to harvest peace through looking directly at the mind.”
― Dzigar Kongtrül III, It's Up to You: The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path

“Envision living in a culture not based upon fixed views. Imagine activities that do not stem from “I am”—not even “I am a Buddhist” or “I am a member of the culture of truth” or “I am Indian, Tibetan, or American.”
― Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, The Power of an Open Question: A Buddhist Approach to Abiding in Uncertainty

“According to Robert S. Rosenberg, medical director of the Sleep Disorders Centers of Prescott Valley and Flagstaff, Arizona, "When you hit the snooze button repeatedly, you're doing two negative things to yourself. First, you're fragmenting what little extra sleep you're getting so it is of poor quality. Second, you're starting to put yourself through a new sleep cycle that you aren't giving yourself enough time to finish. This can result in persistent grogginess throughout the day.”
― Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM

“If you really think about it, hitting the snooze button in the morning doesn’t even make sense. It’s like saying “I hate getting up in the morning, so I do it over, and  over, and over again.”
—DEMETRI MARTIN”
― Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life: Before 8AM