Centeredness Quotes

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Alan W. Watts
“Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.”
Alan W. Watts

Eugène Ionesco
“I ought not to have stirred, I was swept into the dance, caught up in the whirling movement of things. Being in Time means running after the present. You run after things, you run with things, you flow away.”
Eugène Ionesco, Fragments of a Journal

Doug Dillon
“We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one.”
Doug Dillon

Bryant McGill
“Only the frantic of fear can harm you. Your calm and centered self knows exactly what to do.”
Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“A wise man need only the guidance of his own heart.”
Tyler J. Hebert

Sheniz Janmohamed
“Root yourself in this earth
and it will root itself in you.”
Sheniz Janmohamed, Firesmoke

Maureen  Brady
“It is not my wish to stay home so much that I become isolated, but to use the comforting influence of my home to restore and gather myself after each step I take in my expanding ability to participate in the world.”
Maureen Brady, Daybreak: Meditations for Women Survivors of Sexual Abuse

“In a self-centered world, be the centered self.”
Cristie B Gardner

Sol Luckman
“We can simply—as a matter of principle and power preservation—refuse to participate in unproductive arguments or engage in conversations that diminish our sense of self-worth.

Grasp that silence in this context isn’t about passive aggression or suppressing our voice; it’s about recognizing when our energy is better spent elsewhere … or not spent at all.”
Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Sol Luckman
“Boundaries define where ‘we’ end and ‘they’ begin, protecting our identity and preventing us from being overwhelmed by the imperatives of others. Properly utilized, silence can be an extraordinarily effective method for establishing and maintaining such boundaries.”
Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Sol Luckman
“Wu wei teaches that genuine strength lies not in forcing our way through life like the proverbial bull in the china shop, but in moving with the current, adapting to changing circumstances, and finding peace even when surrounded by swirling eddies of chaos. As such it’s a powerful reminder that sometimes the most effective action is … none at all.”
Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality

Laura Kauffman
“The body, I guess, can keep the score.
I think I'll keep today
and this shaggy dog and this pain in my hip
and this steaming cup of tea and you.”
Laura Kauffman, Ordinary Things