In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil.
Denial is really death. People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river you have despair, but you also have joy, and there's a flow in the river.
Plate glass. . . has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through it you can see all that is happening outside. That is the equivalent of writing that is plain and unadorned. Ideally, in reading such writing, you are not even aware that you are reading. Ideas and events seem merely to flow from the mind of the writer into that of the reader without any barrier between. I hope that is what is happening when you read this book
Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.
Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.
Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow claspest the limits of mortality.
To be still means to empty yourself from the incessant flow of thoughts and create a state of consciousness that is open and receptive.
We all flow from one fountain.
Through the orifice of silence, the whole geyser of Bliss, perpetually shoots up and flows over the soul.
I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows.
Money is congealed energy and releasing it releases life possibilities. . . Money experienced as life energy is indeed a meditation, and letting it flow out instead of hoarding it is a mode of participation in the life of others.
Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea.
Life has to flow. But if you start worrying about it, you block time.
There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.
Some other memories of the funeral have stuck in my mind. The old boy’s face, for instance, when he caught up with us for the last time, just outside the village. His eyes were streaming with tears, of exhaustion or distress, or both together. But because of the wrinkles they couldn’t flow down. They spread out, crisscrossed, and formed a smooth gloss on the old, worn face.
Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
I guess I did a couple of things when I was a kid, but they weren't really acting - I think I walked down a corridor or something. Then I didn't want to do it at all. I got into it because both my parents were actors and so I went with the flow. Then I said, "I can't handle this, I don't like auditioning. " I still hate auditioning, but it's less painful then it was back then.
Things flow better and everyone is in a better mood because they're like, 'I got my point across and it sounds like I want it to sound'
Flow is hard to achieve without effort. Flow is not 'wasting time.