Quotes About Grasping

We must not fall into the trap of waiting so long for the big things that we let numerous small chances slip right by us.

I walk on the surface of a shifting bog. I have to grab for whatever I can find that is solid.

To recover we must understand and accept impermanence. We must replace the reactive survival instinct of clinging, grasping, and attachment with the wise response of nonclinging, nonattachment, and compassion. In a world where everything is constantly being pulled beyond our grasp, clinging and grasping always result in the rope burns and unnecessary suffering that accompanies it.

The only difference between meditation and non meditation is that when we meditate we are not grasping anything or trying to do anything: instead we are releasing ourselves to our lives, with trust that our lives are all we need. (78)

Being born again by the Spirit of God means that we must first be willing to let go before we can grasp something else.

Truth comes to us in resemblance, in shade. In moonlight. In grasping what exists through what we cannot make exist.

una persona nerviosa y refunfuñona, demasiado angustiada por las minucias de la vida cotidiana para entender que la vida se te podía escapar antes de empezar a vivirla,

All orbits are free. Several earths I lob to you while going blind— the two white ones you keep, one in each hand.