Nothing Left Over Quotes

“Many people believe that karma is linear: If you do some terrible (or wonderful) thing, you will receive your just desserts. However, the way it seems to be set up is not as personal as that. You have a thought or take some action, and there is a result. The consequences will be experienced, but not necessarily by you, and nobody knows when.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“Once we are born, only two things are certain. One is that we will die and the other that we will experience change.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“The important lesson here is to see what you can leave out of your life. If you consider music, for example, it is obvious that the space between the notes makes all the difference.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“In my experience what goes on inside us is reflected on the outside, and vice versa. Perhaps they are two aspects of the same thing. You can either clean up your act in what we think of as the real world and this will clarify what is within, or you can work from the other direction.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“One of the characteristics of the mind is that it is always expecting something, chasing after something it wants or retreating from or resisting something is doesn’t want.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“Another way of allowing more freedom into the mind is not holding fixed ideas about people and things.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“Living in the present doesn’t mean that you can’t or shouldn’t plan ahead. You need to have an intention in mind when you embark on something, but the thing to do is make plans and then wait to see what happens. There are no guarantees.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“How we choose to feed our minds is just as important as what we put into our bodies. At every moment of the day we are receiving impressions through sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“A mother provides nourishment for her child at every level, whether she is aware of it or not. Some of this food may be good and some not so good, but everything that she thinks, feels, says, and does affects her offspring as well as her.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“The first person we have to tell the truth to is ourselves. If we are not going to be honest with ourselves, there is little possibility that we will treat anyone else differently.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life

“I don’t remember the piece we played, but to this day I recall how she made me feel. She had only said “Yes.” She never said “No.” She taught by encouragement alone, and this allowed me to gradually drop all my fear and hesitation and enter into the spirit of the playing itself.”
― Toinette Lippe, Nothing Left Over: A Plain and Simple Life