All Quotes By Tag: Self
“I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.”
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“The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.”
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“Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, “I did it before, so I can do it again.”
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“We do not get to choose how we start out in life. We do not get to choose the day we are born or the family we are born into, what we are named at birth, what country we are born in, and we do not get to choose our ancestry. All these things are predetermined by a higher power. By the time you are old enough to start making decisions for yourself, a lot of things in your life are already in place. It’s important, therefore, that you focus on the future, the only thing that you can change.”
“Beyond myself, somewhere, I wait for my arrival.”
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“It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.”
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“Though I think and speak of greater becoming, I, too, am an infinite work in progress.”
“Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep…slow…breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands.”
“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish it and have no regrets. Ultimately, this is true living and love of self…from within.”
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.”
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“The sky is not my limit…I am.”
“What does ‘community service’ mean? It destroys ‘my’ (sense of attachment for specific things, especially oneself) for the most part. If ‘my’ were to be destroyed completely, then One (the awakened Self, potey) is indeed the absolute Self (parmatma)! Then for Him, bliss will definitely prevail, will it not!”
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“The nature of the Atma, the Self (Soul) is bliss indeed. So it does not want unpleasant feelings at all, does it? Every living being will not favor unpleasant feelings and will move away from that place! We should grasp the ultimate talk (understanding). Treat favorable (pleasant) and unfavorable (unpleasant) as being one and the same.”