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A man's character reveals itself most clearly when he makes a choice under pressure.
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Stable happiness doesn't come from getting everything we want, because we never will; true happiness comes from wanting whatever we get.
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think of death as a transformation -- a bit more radical than puberty, but nothing to get particularly upset about.
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You have tried to be superior in an ordinary realm. Now you must learn to be ordinary in a superior realm.
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It's better to make a mistake with the full force of your being than to timidly avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.Responsibility means recognizing both pleasure and price, action and consequence, then making a choice.
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To really help people, you first need to understand them--but first understand yourself, prepare yourself; develop the clarity, the courage, and the sensitivity to exert the right leverage, in the right place, at the right time. Then your actions will have power. History," he added, "holds many examples of individuals and nations who acted without the wisdom to foresee the consequences"
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My mind is like a pond without ripples. Your mind is full of waves because you feel separated from, and often threatened by, an unplanned, unwelcome occurrence. Your mind is like a pond into which someone has just dropped a boulder!
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Knowing what to do is not usually the problem; the elusive goal becomes translating intentions into action and resolutions into results.
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Stress happens when the mind resists what is.
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Experts devote their life to training. Masters devote their training to life.
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Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fencesitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation" -- he took a deep breath, getting ready for his final condemnation -- "is lukewar..
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I am a warrior! he snapped. Beyond that, who I am depends on who you want me to be.
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Happiness is not just something you feel -- it is who you are.
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Reason has survival value, but when overused at the expense of our intuition, feeling, and spirit, reason cuts us off from discovering our full potential.
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When a man has learned to live without money, he thought, a few rubles can go a long way.
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You will fail many times, but in failing you will learn , and in learning you will find your way.
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Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, rather than enjoy it, until you let go of your mind's attachments and just go for the ride freely, no matter what happens.
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We all know that life has ups and downs; you've experienced both. And though you can't always control what happens outside you, you can choose how you will respond. You can treat life as a dance rather than a wrestling match. You can become an active participant rather than a victim of circumstance.
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I don't even know if the sun will rise or whether I'll wake up in the morning. I don't know if God will grant me my next breath. So I choose to live on faith rather than knowledge--and accept whatever comes, welcome or not, bitter or sweet--all of it, a gift from God.
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Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day. -- Stuart Wilde
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Under the weight of my growing self-knowledge, my self-image was sinking fast.
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Stop being so proud of mediocrity; show some spirit!
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Peace comes not from the absence of conflict, but from the ability to cope with it. Anonymous
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There are times to let things happen, and times to make things happen. Now is that time. You will either make things happen, watch what happens, or wonder what happened.
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Happy people create happiness; it's the most contagious energy on Earth. Fearful, sad, angry, or miserable people only tend to spread these same qualities, even if working in the name of "social conscience."
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The movements of the highest warriors are relaxed and expansive because they fight for a cause larger than themselves. Only by surrendering to God's will does one find victory in battle and serenity in life." Serafim started pacing again, as he did" --
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Paradox is any self-contradictory proposition that, when investigated, may prove to be well-founded or true. Once understood, it opens the gateway to higher wisdom. But how can contradictory principles both be true? As the Buddhist Riddle of Five Truths puts it: "It is right. It is wrong. It is both right and wrong. It is neither right nor wrong. All exist simultaneously." Charles Dickens expressed the paradox of his era, equally true today..
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For example, you have a cold now; its physical symptoms tell you when your body needs to rebalance itself, to restore its proper relationship with sunlight, fresh air, simple food. Just so, stressful thoughts reflect a conflict with reality. Stress happens when the mind resists what is.
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Act happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.
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The seed of God is in us: Pear seeds grow into pear trees; Hazel seeds into hazel trees; And God seeds into God. --Meister Eckehart
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Life develops what it demands.
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Stress happens when the mind resists what is. Most of us tend to either push or resist the river of our lives, to fight circumstance rather than make use of things as they are. Resistance creates turbulence, which you feel as physical, mental, and emotional tension. Tension is a subtle pain, which -- like any pain -- signals that something is amiss. When we are out of natural balance, we create tension; by listening to our body, we can take..
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Lao-tzu advised, "As soon as you have a thought, laugh at it," because reality is not what we think. We perceive the world through a window colored by beliefs, interpretations, and associations. We see things not as they are but as we are. The same brain that enables us to contemplate philosophy, solve math equations, and create poetry also generates a stream of static known as discursive thoughts, which seem to arise at random, bubbling up..
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Learning is a process of refining errors to the point where they no longer prevent our desired goal.
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People from all walks of life share an innate drive for meaning, direction, and purpose. This drive to understand our life purpose seems as important to our psychological growth as eating is to our biological survival.
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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. -- Marcel Proust
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Ki ruhazta rad a felelosseget? Ki adott bolcsesseget, hogy tudd, kinek kell elnie, es kinek kell meghalnia, es milyen uton-modon? Ki vagy te, hogy tudd, mi jar Isten fejeben?
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Energy follows thought; no matter how hard we work or how much we know, we tend to rise to our assumed limits, and no higher.
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Humor, in its highest sense, transcends the momentary tension release of laughter, and expands into a profound sense of ease and a relaxed approach to life's occasional challenges, large or small. When you view your world through this lens of transcendent humor, as if from a distant peak, you discover that life is a game you can play as if it matters-- with a peaceful heart and a warrior's spirit. You can remain engaged with the world but a..
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What good to conquer an enemy in battle, only to be vanquished by hunger or cold?
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First of all," said Serafim, "there are no advanced skills; there is only skillful movement."
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The birth of the mind is the death of the senses -- it's not that we eat an apple and get a little sexy!
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