Bede Griffiths Quotes

You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that you have. But the one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self.

Bede Griffiths

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 17, 1906 - May 13, 1993

Topics

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We don't go to parties much. I am very serious about my work. But I also have two children, and I wanted to do that job well.

Jenny Packham

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Our national values demand that we assist the families of our men and women in uniform, especially at the time of their greatest need.

John Delaney

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The more money Automattic makes, the more we invest into Free and Open Source software that belongs to everybody and services to make that software sing.

Matt Mullenweg

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I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

Michael J. Fox

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I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

Amy Sedaris

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I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

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I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

Robert Englund

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I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

Martin Sheen

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I have always thought of comedy as an important job and medium, and so I put pressure on myself to do the best I can.

Miranda Hart

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I already had a lot of friends at school who didn't care about the whole acting thing, so there was no reason for me to not be in school.

Asa Butterfield

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Fashion people think that the careful Nice companies are boring beyond measure. (Nice people think fashionistas look silly and should Get A Life).

Peter York

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The child's mind is not the type of mind we adults possess. If we call our type of mind the conscious type, that of the child is an unconscious mind. Now an unconscious mind does not mean an inferior mind. An unconscious mind can be full of intelligence. One will find this type of intelligence in every being, and every insect has it.

Maria Montessori

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