The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking.
– Allan Lokos
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- Any methodology for developing patience requires a multi-tiered approach. – Allan Lokos
- An open beginner’s mind is a powerful tool for developing patience. – Allan Lokos
- I found myself speaking more slowly (in an attempt to obey the Bible in speech), as if I was speaking French instead of English. – AJ Jacobs
- Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important. – Allan Lokos
- Only a man who is exceptionally skillful can stand before kings. – Sunday Adelaja
- Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear. – Allan Lokos
- The experience of pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral is the consequences of perception. – Allan Lokos
- The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace. – Allan Lokos
- So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates. – Allan Lokos
- To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us. – Allan Lokos
- Our work is not to become a better person, but to become present to the perfection we already are. – Allan Lokos
- Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts. – Allan Lokos
- Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer. – Allan Lokos
- There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress. – Allan Lokos
- A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations. – Allan Lokos
- Our actions speak for us & they speak loudly. – Allan Lokos
- Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don’t look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness. – Allan Lokos
- We are all in this together. Our happiness inextricably is tied to that of all beings. – Allan Lokos
- People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha. – Allan Lokos
- You cannot control the results, only your actions. – Allan Lokos
- No one looks or feels attractive when angry. – Allan Lokos
- To forgive does not mean to condone. – Allan Lokos
- The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion. – Allan Lokos
- Patience has all the time it needs. – Allan Lokos
- Loving others is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. Altruism that rewards one’s self. – Allan Lokos
- The essence of the Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) is about identifying the cause of our suffering & alleviating it. – Allan Lokos
- Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself. – Allan Lokos
- One who is patient glows with an inner radiance. – Allan Lokos
- Technology offers us a unique opportunity, though rarely welcome, to practice patience. – Allan Lokos
- Patience requires a slowing down, a spaciousness, a sense of ease. – Allan Lokos
- Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience. – Allan Lokos
- You actions are your only true belongings. – Allan Lokos
- We cannot force the development of mindfulness. – Allan Lokos
- Patience is born when we create a pause between our experience of a feeling and our response to that feeling. – Allan Lokos
- Support the type of thinking that leads you to feeling good, peaceful & happy. – Allan Lokos
- To forgive does not mean to forget. – Allan Lokos
- The step that we are on is only a step to the next place, and no step regardless of how massive is ever a destination. – Craig D Lounsbrough
- What is important may or may not be important but what is thought to be important is indeed important. – Hemanta Bhatt
- When someone is using negative speech, do not ruin your own speech. – Dada Bhagwan
- If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech. – DaShanne Stokes