Quotes About Intention

I'm humble enough to acknowledge that I don't know the secrets of the universe. I'm no longer chasing faith. I'm chasing truth—and that means accepting uncertainty, accepting that the universe is bigger and stranger than we can even know. Is it possible that the universe acts with intention, with intelligence? Science is learning that it's not only possible, it's likely.

Adam Smith expanded on this notion by saying that a person pursing his own selfish interests may be "led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.

Where the goal is the what, the purpose is the all-important why. Purpose gives goals meaning. When the intention to make something happen is weak—when you're just not feeling the "fire"—it's not going to happen.

Meditation is both the symbol and expression of our intention to grow. Sitting still, alone with our thoughts and feelings, we can honor missed opportunities, passing desires, remembered disappointments, as well as our inner strength, personal wisdom, and ability to forgive and love.

He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.

No man was ever wise by chance.

The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.

I can't see the line between deliberate intention and coincidence.

You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven't the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven't the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.

There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven't the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven't the slightest idea what it is.

I'm not the most romantic guy, although I do try.

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you keep a clear mind. But if you don't keep a clear mind, and are only following your thinking as you mouth the words, even the Buddha cannot help you.

This is the whole point of the Heart Sutra. From moment to moment, when you are doing something, just do

Mindfulness ?2. Choices ?3. Intention ?4. Focus ?5. Repetition ?6. Emotion ?7. Belief

your conscious intention to do something increases your brain's ability to wire in new ideas!

In creative visualization you use your imagination to create a clear image, idea, or feeling of something you wish to manifest.

Create a Clear Idea or Picture Create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling of the object or situation exactly as you want it. You should think of it in the present tense as already existing the way you want it to be. Imagine yourself in the situation as you desire it, now. Include as many details as you can.

Whatever you try to create for another will always boomerang back to you. That includes both loving, helpful, or healing actions and negative, destructive ones. This means, of course, that the more you use creative visualization to love and serve others' as well as your own highest ends, the more love, happiness, and success will just naturally find their way to you.

Almost everything you truly need or want is here for the asking; you only need to believe that it is so, truly desire it, and be willing to accept it.

Imagination is the ability to create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling sense of something. In creative visualization you use your imagination to create a clear image, idea, or feeling of something you wish to manifest. Then you continue to focus on the idea, feeling, or picture regularly, giving it positive energy until it becomes objective reality. . .in other words, until you actually achieve what you have been imagining.

condition of your intention. If it is weak or uncertain, look more deeply to see what your doubts, fears, conflicts, or concerns may be. Sometimes your hesitations may be an indication of feelings and beliefs that need to be acknowledged and healed.

The clearer and stronger your intention, the more quickly and easily your creative visualization will work.