QUOTES: Various authors - neale walsh

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. 

We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.” 

~Wilma Rudolph, 

American runner and three-time gold medalist.

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"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." 

~Muhammad Ali, 

American boxer and 1960 gold medalist.

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"I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives 

and pick up a pair of trainers instead." 

~Erick Barrondo, 

Guatemalan racewalker and 2012 silver medalist the first Olympic medal in his country's history.

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We have the can-do factor, and us doing what we do I think inspires people to just try that little bit harder, whether they are able-bodied or disabled.” 

~Lee Pearson, 

British para-equestrian and 10-time gold medalist

So many brilliant and gifted people squander their gifts because they lack the humility of self-understanding. When we think we know it all, we miss the point. When we think we know everything about ourselves, we show our ignorance and our arrogance. The wonder of human beings is that we are constructed in such a way that we can spend our entire lives exploring our inner universe and its connection to the universe as a whole and still barely scratch the surface.

                 
We are a wonder for us to behold.

~Anne Wilson Schaef

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You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a helper in time of need, a comforter in time of sorrow, a healer in time of injury, a teacher in times of confusion. You are the deepest wisdom and the highest truth; the greatest peace and the grandest love. You are these things. And in moments of your life you have known yourself to be these things. Choose now to know yourself as these things always.

           
~Neale Donald Walsch

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Humility is vastly undervalued in our modern Western culture. It is a prevalent belief that humility is fine for the pious or holy, but in the "real" world it won't get you very far.  Many people consider pride and aggressiveness as virtues and humility as a weakness.  This may be because they don't understand the meaning of humility.  They may equate humility with self- debasement and a sense of inferiority when, in fact, this is not true humility.  Actually, the opposite is true.  Most really great people are humble.  Those among the most respected who have ever lived acknowledge that their greatness came, not from their personal self, but from a higher power working through them.

~John Marks Templeton
Worldwide Laws of Life

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The word humility comes from "humus", the Latin word for "earth."  A person who is humble, in other words, knows the stuff--earth--of which they're made:  a talent here, a weakness there, a degree of complacency here, a blunder there.  Humble persons know what they are and what they aren't, what they have and what they don't have, and they never confuse the two.

~Joan Chittister
Seeing with Our Souls

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Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, that I forget how to laugh at myself and my world.  In this matter I will always remain as a child, for only as a child am I given the ability to look up to others; and so long as I look up to another I will never grow too long for my cot.

~Og Mandino

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When a new element is introduced into the mix it changes everything. Your Stressful state does not change the world because the world has a lot of it already. Adding more stress only creates more of the same. Change things through your joy, through your thriving, through your peace. Don't wait for the conditions to change in order to feel good; feel good and the conditions will change through the additions of a new element." 

  
~Emily Maroutian
  
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You must stop with this "I need to find my other half" nonsense. You are complete. You are whole. YOU are the other half you are looking for. Until you love and believe in yourself, no love from any other man or woman, certain career, or amount of money will be enough. 

         
~Vanessa Quintero
      
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

~Epictetus 

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 Let us dance in the sun wearing wild flowers in our hair and let us huddle together
as darkness takes over.  We are home amidst the birds and the trees for we are children of nature.

~Susan Polis Schutz

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Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”

~Ashley Smith

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“The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Those who think "self-pleasure," "solosex," whatever we want to call it, is a poor substitute for "other types of sex" are really missing the boat on what it is all about.

It is not a substitute: it is the most intimate expression of knowing oneself. Those who believe sex is sinful and should be limited to "procreation only" are probably the most separated from knowing themselves in this intimate way. They are almost afraid to explore this erotic territory because of the chaotic and uncontrolled energy involved and the blinders religion has put in them. It makes them uncomfortable because it is so unpredictable and liberating. But those of us who are willing to surrender to our own erotic energy and explore our sexuality as pure "recreation" understand how exciting and enriching the experience can be. I am not elevating "solosex" over "sex with others" but am advocating that "sex with self" should be on equal footing. 

                         
~David

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We "must be present at our self-loving and go deeply in it". You must devote yourself entirely to your self-loving. Without being narcissistic, you have to make love to yourself as if it was a religious ceremony in your tribute. Love yourself (and who is more worthy to be loved by you than yourself?) by doing, looking at or thinking about nothing else, for example lying on your bed after your bath or shower, when your body is relaxed and your nerves decompressed, MINDFULLY make love to yourself.

~French Patrick

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 “Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.”
    
~Abraham Joshua Heschel
      
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.”
    
~Abraham Joshua Heschel

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“Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.”

            
~Margaret Atwood

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 Spiritual practice is being mindful of the impact of our thoughts, our speech, and our actions.

~Unknown

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If we identify with the personality or ego-self, we are more prone to think we need something that will improve us or make us okay. With spiritual awareness,
we still engage in helpful activities that improve our skills or our situation in life.
We just don’t mistake what we have or do with what we are. Nothing improves or changes the soul. It is already complete.

~Ellen Grace O'Brian

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Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditating. Practice is looking, thinking, touching,
drinking, eating, and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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 “We do so much, we run so quickly,

the situation is difficult, and many people say, 

“Don’t just sit there, do something.”

But doing more things may make the situation worse. 

So you should say, 

“Don’t just do something, sit there.” 

Sit there, stop, be yourself first, and begin from there.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh
(Being Peace)

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“When you wash your hands, 

when you make a cup of coffee,

when you’re waiting for the elevator - 

instead of indulging in thinking, 

these are all opportunities for being there 

as a still, alert presence.”

~Eckhart Tolle

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You must stop talking to yourself. 

Every one of us does that.

We carry on an internal talk. 

We talk about our world. 

In fact we maintain our world with our internal talk. 

When we finish talking to ourselves 

the world is always as it should be.”

~Don Juan Matus

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A friend is one soul dwelling in two bodies.

~Aristotle

 When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery
that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.

~Alan Watts

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"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when
they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning"

~Mitch Albom
(Tuesdays with Morrie)

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 The Quiet Watcher
              

It is a mistake to think that your “I”, self, atman are just one thing. You have will. Will says “stay in bed”. Then you have ego. Ego says “get up or you will get fired”. They argue back and forth until finally ego amps up the anxiety level to the point where you get your ass out of bed.

There is another quieter aspect to our personal trinity. The watcher. Unlike ego and will the watcher is entirely without emotion. It is just there. It often serves as a guiding voice but in a quiet manner. It does not compel. It just says “this is what is right now”.

The watcher never argues like will and ego. It just watches.

If you have ever been in a car accident or other traumatic event you know the watcher. It was there with you. It was the one aspect of your being which did not panic or react. It just says “this is what is”. 

                 
~Unknown
          
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Be the neutral watcher of your thoughts and feelings.Just watch them move through like the clouds through the sky. No judgments - just watch what is

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 "And if you help everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and understand about themselves and each other and the way everything works, and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead of hasty, and cheerful instead of surly, and above all how to keep their minds open and free and curious . . .
 Then they will renew enough to replace what is lost...”

~Phillip Pullman

(His Dark Materials)

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This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging,
helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way.
I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning,
the devil says, ‘Aw shit, he’s up!’

~Steve Maraboli

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“Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.”

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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 "Listen.Behind the thoughts. Deeper than the worries . . .Be still and listen.There is a note
that is singing in the core of your being. Feel it fill your body and bathe your mind.
Let that note breathe through you and resonate out into the world."
          
~Eric Hanson
(Wisdom Heart)

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 Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive,
and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of Truth and Love

have always won.There have been tyrants and murderers,and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - Always.”

~Mahatma Gandhi

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"Many people would undoubtedly consider it foolish and superstitious to go on believing in a change for the better. It is sometimes so bitterly cold in the winter that one says,
'The cold is too awful for me to care whether summer is coming or not; the harm outdoes the good.' But with or without our approval, the severe weather does come to an end eventually and one fine morning the wind changes and there is the thaw. When I compare the state of the weather to our state of mind and our circumstances, subject to change and fluctuation like the weather,then I still have some hope that things may get better."

– Vincent van Gogh