Grasping Quotes

“Only a mind free of impediment is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world. This is our greatest asset.”
― Oliver Bowden, Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade

“Thus the feeling I sometimes have - which all of us who work closely with aphasiacs have - that one cannot lie to an aphasiac. He cannot grasp your words, and cannot be deceived by them; but what he grasps he grasps with infallible precision, namely the expression that goes with the words, the total, spontaneous, involuntary expressiveness which can never be simulated or faked, as words alone can, too easily.”
― Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

“You let go of my hand
to hold on to my heart
Distance grasps us tight
now that we are apart”
― Munia Khan

“The only true thoughts are those which do not grasp their own meaning”
― Theodor W. Adorno

“Oh, noble child, everything is severing the mind. As for the mind, it is severing pride. There is nothing whatsoever that is not included in pride. If one simply understands that it is merely the production of pride, then, for example, one is like a thief in an empty house: by simply recognizing [the situation], grasping is impossible. Having correctly understood, there is no practice with an intentional objective. Because it crushes any hesitations (mi phod), it is explained as Chöd.”
― Machik Labdrön, Making the Old New Again and Again: Legitimation and Innovation in the Tibetan Buddhist Chöd Tradition

“The length of the fall is dictated by how far we had climbed. The outcome of the fall is dictated by whether we’re holding on to that which we’re climbing, or we’re letting God hold onto us.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“In reality nobody can grasp anything permanently in life. Absolutely nothing. Somethings may stay in memory for a while but eventually that too fades away.”
― Aditya Ajmera

“Sometimes, the simplest things are very difficult for people to grasp.”
― Santosh Kalwar, The Society In Opposition To Everything

“Poetry can bridge that gap between what is solid and what is suggested; poetry can pull cogent meaning from the veiled truths outside of reason's grasp.”
― Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

“It is always pathetic to watch the efforts a man makes to cling to a straw, especially when one is oneself the straw.”
― Romain Gary, The Roots of Heaven

“People don't dare let go of the mind, they grasp onto the mind. They can let go of the objects of the mind, but they don't dare to let go of the mind. Why? We're afraid of falling into a place where we think there will be nothing to feel, to touch, to pick up, afraid we'll have nothing left. But emptiness doesn't mean nothingness.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Battles: Modern Commentary on the Teachings of Master Linji

“I thought of him more than I, which caused me to take myself for granted. That’s what was dangerous about the situation. And I knew. I just didn’t understand how to handle it.”
― Dominic Riccitello