Bernice King on meditation
Bernice King71 quotes“I spend a lot of time meditating, which is something that I don’t think most people know about me.”
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Bernice KingBernice King Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn’t take classes, and I didn’t do anything to hone my skills.
Bernice KingBernice King My mother and Ethel Kennedy became good friends and worked together on a number of causes they had shared with their husbands. They together co-chaired ‘A Time to Remember’ to mobilize a movement for gun control.
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Bernice KingBernice King Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter – we’ve seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn’t see in Daddy’s era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
Bernice KingBernice King When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.
Bernice KingBernice King Nelson Mandela, a better man, not a bitter man, made our world a better place in which to live. His life and leadership exemplify the highest courage, dignity, and dedication to human liberation.
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Bernice KingBernice King The private sector enjoys tremendous freedom in the U.S, as it should. With freedom, however, comes responsibilities.
Bernice KingBernice King My father provided some very important guidance in how we deal with conflict and polarization.
Bernice KingBernice King I don’t know if you realize this, but anger is anger. It has no mind. It has no rationality. It’s mad, and it just wants to destroy.
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Meditation is not a selfish thing. Even though you’re diving in and experiencing the Self, you’re not closing yourself off from the world. You’re strengthening yourself, so that you can be more effective when you go back into the world.
David LynchDavid Lynch Start today by practicing constant conversation with God and continual mediation on his Word. Prayer lets you speak to God; mediation lets God speak to you.
Rick WarrenRick Warren Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God’s word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.
Ravi ZachariasRavi Zacharias Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.
Deepak ChopraDeepak Chopra I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I’ll come out of it refreshed and centered and that’s how I’ll feel and it’ll carry through the day.
Ray DalioRay Dalio Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda The purpose of meditation is to create focus. It is about focusing your attention on your experience. The reason for focus: it allows you to be here now. Your only reality is This Moment, right here, right now. Peace is found in such awareness.
Neale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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