You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
No one on earth can hurt you, unless you accept the hurt in your own mind. . . The problem is not other people; it is your reaction.
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
You can not escape a prison if you do not know you're in one.
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can't have both.
To change what you get you must change who you are.
Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.
Happiness is not the acquisition of anything; it's the understanding of something.
You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if not physically, then mentally. Go your own way, quietly, undramatically, and venture toward Trueness at last.
Our life-transformation is in exact proportion to the amount of truth we can take without running away.
Whenever encountering a troublesome person, do not identify him as being cruel or stupid or rude or anything else like that. Instead, see him as a frightened person.
The answers come when you are quietly willing to be without them.
The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that's all there's is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.
The need to impress others causes half the world's woes.
Many of us knock on the door but remain outside, because knocking and entering are entirely different actions. Knocking is necessary, consisting of reading books, attending meetings, asking questions. But entrance requires much bolder action. It requires one to enter into himself, to uncover hidden motives, to see contradictions, and to realize his actual power for self-change.
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