Quotes About Attainment

Some pacifists have carried the sound idea of the prime importance of security too far, to the point of declaring that any consideration of disarmament is superfluous and pointless as long as eternal peace has not been attained.

We can so easily slip back from what we have struggled to attain, abruptly, into a life we never wanted; can find that we are trapped, as in a dream, and die there, without ever waking up. This can occur. Anyone who has lifted his blood into a years-long work may find that he can't sustain it, the force of gravity is irresistible, and it falls back, worthless. For somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

Nature then becomes to him the measure of his attainments. So much of nature as he is ignorant of, so much of his own mind does he not yet possess. And, in fine, the ancient precept, "Know thyself," and the modern precept, "Study nature," become at last one maxim.

I traveled through the rounds of countless births, Seeking but not finding the builder of this house. Sorrowful is birth again and again. O Housebuilder, you have now been seen, You will build no house again. Your rafters [defilements] have been broken, Your ridgepole [ignorance] shattered. My mind has attained the unconditioned, Achieved is the end of craving.

This is the direct path for the purification of beings, for the surmounting of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance of pain and grief, for the attainment of the true way, for the realization of nibb?na—namely the four foundations of mindfulness.

specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart; this nullity imagines that it has attained a level of civilization never before achieved.

Lore: Making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!

Mastery itself was the prize of the venture."1

Can peace be gained until I clasp my wombat?

Enlightenment does not end with an attainment; it is a continuous unfolding.

Union with God of this depth is totally unattainable by our own efforts; it is a gift that only God can give; we are totally dependent on His grace for progress in the spiritual life. Yet

Lady with fair countenance! Understand that one who is not able to realise the Truth in his Heart by this knowledge of spiritual wisdom known as Kala Jnana, can never attain it even by studying countless crores ofsastras (scriptures) spread out like the sky.

It is the realisation of, and firm adherence to, that which is ever existent that deserves the name siddhi or attainment. Attainment of miraculous powers, is like attaining them in dreams. When he wakes up what becomes of them? Will those who have brushed aside the unreal and got established in the Real be confounded by these?

Dolgan: 'Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when 'tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still wiser to know when it is unachievable, for then striving is folly.

By the time I was 17 years old, I already had my black belt.

At a certain point in one's career, you want to win, not just have a great season. You want to win a championship.

I'm trying to chase all the records. I'm trying to chase all of them, whichever one are attainable.

I can't say I'm surprised I was successful. I was determined - and I got it.

Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when 'tis achieved

represented a universal striving for fulfillment.

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Simplicity of manner is the last attainment. Men are very long afraid of being natural, from the dread of being taken for ordinary.