Effortlessness Quotes

“That kind of friendship doesn't just materialize at the end of the rainbow one morning in a soft-focus Hollywood haze. For it to last this long, and at such close quarters, some serious work had gone into it. Ask any ice-skater or ballet dancer or show jumper, anyone who lives by beautiful moving things: nothing takes as much work as effortlessness.”
― Tana French, The Likeness

“Become a river and then nothing is needed. That’s what The Secret of the Golden Flower says: Achieve inaction through action, achieve effortlessness through effort. But first comes the effort, the action—it will melt you—and then the river starts flowing. In that very flow it has reached the ocean.”
― Osho, The secret of secrets

“Look out from within and observe the words, actions, reactions, and feelings that evolve from you. Release the identity with what you have observed if it creates tension and stress. Surely you will dissolve into effortless being that way.”
― Franklin Gillette, Compatibility: The Code of Harmony for Love and Unity

“We both knew we were speaking about the effortlessness with which one falls in love without intending to, as if we were two stalks of bamboo bend toward each other by the chance of the wind. And then we bent toward each other and kissed, lost in the nowhere of being together.”
― Amy Tan, The Bonesetter's Daughter

“Îndreptățirea este starea prin care oamenii au sau își formează impresia conform căreia li se cuvin diverse lucruri fără ca ei să depună efort în acest sens. Ei doar așteaptă ca nevoile lor să fie satisfăcute. Ei nu au un rol în proces, vor doar rezultatele frumos împachetate și livrate în fața ușii dacă se poate.”
― Andrei Cristian, Epoca îndreptățirii

“Looking through the camera of life, you are waiting for the perfect shot... trying to adjust its settings... trying to get your desired things in focus and other things out of focus.

Take a step back... a step inward. Instead of looking through the camera, look at the camera. There is Auto mode called “awareness” which always takes good pictures.”
― Shunya

“No life is easy until one makes easiness a way of life.”
― Giannis Delimitsos

“The effortlessness of a performance for which great strength is needed is a spectacle of whose aesthetic beauty the East has an exceedingly sensitive and grateful appreciation.”
― Eugen Herrigel

“Ecstatic technology isn't limited to silicon chips and display screens. As John Lilly's early research established, it's the knowledge of how to tweak the knobs and levers in our brain. When we get it right, it produces those invaluable sensations of selflessness, timelessness, effortlessness, and richness.”
― Steven Kotler, Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

“Effortless abundance is a mindset. It is about naturally achieving your best with minimal drain on energy.”
― Amit Ray, Peace Bliss Beauty and Truth: Living with Positivity

“Contrary to its association with brilliance, the reality of constant effortlessness is mediocrity. No matter how impressive it looks next to average, the true comparison was always with potential.”
― Adeel Ahmed Khan

“Relaxation is the key to speed and quicker reaction time.”
― Kenneth S. Cohen, The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing

“ARDUOUS EASE - A HAIKU

River's kind caress,
Rocks yield to its persistence,
Work with ease, sheer force.”
― Amogh Swamy, On My Way To Infinity: A Seeker's Poetic Pilgrimage

“CONTROL FREAK - A HAIKU

My need to control,
Controls me, lost in its grip,
Freedom's in release.”
― Amogh Swamy, On My Way To Infinity: A Seeker's Poetic Pilgrimage

“What you do effortlessly is your talent.”
― Bert McCoy, A Lil' Bert Can't Hurt: Words and Wisdom for Daily Life

“Wu wei is about aligning ourselves with the natural flow of life, letting go of control, and allowing things to unfold organically. To the extent that we’re usually our own worst enemy, wu wei is definitely about getting out of our own way.”
― Sol Luckman, Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality