Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.
The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.
Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.
We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.
The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.
You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.
If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.
Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.
Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down.
Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.
Every one of us lives in a world that is no larger and no smaller than our understanding.
Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"
You must dare to do the thing you think cannot be done... as this is the only way to discover that there's nothing you can't do.
A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.
Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.
Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.
The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!
The next time you catch yourself starting to feel bad about anything, immediately stop everything you are doing for a moment and, as simply and as honestly as you can, ask yourself: "Is this what I really want?
All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.
The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, successes and failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a proving one.
Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance... and therein do the work needed to change it once and for all.
The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.
Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
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