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Quotes About Dwelling

When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.
~ Henry Miller
The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The thought or life force emanating from an individual saturates the objects he uses and his dwelling.
~ Paramahansa Yogananda
Your house is not your home.My world is not your world.Your thoughts are your homewhere you're dwelling all along.
~ Debasish Mridha
No. There's a billion places like home. But only one of 'em's where you live.
~ Terry Pratchett
Emperor Wu asked Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, how much merit he had earned by building temples all over the country. Bodhidharma said, "None whatsoever." But if you wash one dish in mindfulness, if you build one small temple while dwelling deeply in the present moment — not wanting to be anywhere else, not caring about fame or recognition — the merit from that act will be boundless, and you will feel very happy.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
The Four Establishments of Mindfulness are the foundation of our dwelling place. Without them, our house is abandoned; no one is sweeping, dusting or tidying up. Our body becomes unkempt, or feelings full of suffering, and our mind a heap of afflictions. When we are truly home, our body, mind, and feelings will be a refuge for ourselves and others.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
I really see myself as a homegirl. Wales is my first home. London is my second home - I've been there 14 years now.
~ Katherine Jenkins
Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?
~ Fumiko Enchi
Personally I liked best of all the three-centered beings dwelling on the planet 'Saturn ' Their outer form is quite unlike ours, resembling that of the bird-being, 'raven. '"It is interesting to remark, by the way, that for some reason or other these raven-beings are found not only on *
~ G.I. Gurdjieff
But then again, I was pretty certain I'd make more mistakes, so I didn't dwell on the one I'd just made too long. This is another thing I'll put in my arsonist's guide: if you make a mistake, don't dwell on it too long, because you'll make more of them.
~ Brock Clarke
Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.
~ Guy Finley
Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.
~ Margaret Silf
I have arrived, I am home in the here, in the now. I am solid, I am free. In the ultimate I dwell.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Stopping and Deep Looking Here is a practice poem you can learn by heart. It can also be sung: I have arrived, I am home, In the here and in the now. I am solid, I am free, In the ultimate I dwell.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Meditate on the unique relationship between Christians. Psalm 133:1 proclaims the goodness and pleasantness of dwelling together in unity; there are some things in the world that are good but not pleasant and others that are pleasant but not good. But to live in peace is both pleasant and good.
~ Thomas Brooks
behind the house had a bed-sitting room and bathroom. To
~ Kathy Cuddihy
Here is the dwelling of night; whereas the lobby stood for the daylight world and its superficiality.
~ C.G. Jung
A home is a place one's heart creates and so recognizes as its own. A place it enters of its own free will. All others are merely dwelling places.
~ Cameron Dokey
A house is a machine for living.
~ Buckminster Fuller
The house appointed for all living.
~ Anonymous
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on.
~ Sir Francis Bacon
Like our home, this is a place that he has no right, but ultimately every right, to occupy. I
~ Suzanne Collins
Like our home, this is a place that he has no right, but ultimately every right, to occupy.
~ Suzanne Collins
All I need is a place to put my things, somewhere to lay a mattress.
~ Sterling Hayden