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"Don't be a slave to expectations - yours or others'."
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"Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises."
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"Don't be a slave to expectations - yours or others'."
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Personal Development
"The society and surroundings pressures us to do what they want us to do and be what they want us to be."
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Personal Development
"To halve the number of times that other people hurt you: halve the number of expectations that you have from other people."
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Personal Development
"Paco Fuentes,' Mrs. Peterson says, pointing to the table behind Mary.The handsome young man with pale blue eyes like his mother's and smoky black hair like his father's takes his assigned seat.Mrs. Peterson regards her new student over the glasses perched on her nose. 'Mr. Fuentes, don't think this class will be a piece of cake because your parents got lucky and developed a medication to halt the progression of Alzheimer's. Your father never did finish my class and he flunked one of my tests, although I have a feeling your mother was the one who should have failed. But that just means I'll expect extra from you."
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"There is no greater enemy to those who would please than expectation."
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"It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about 'compatibility' and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for."
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"In life your expectations and disappointments are directly linked. So too is your heartfulness and your contentedness."
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"Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed."
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"Life is very simple. Just sometimes put your head away, sometimes behead yourself, sometimes look with no clouds in the eyes - just look. Sometimes sit by the side of a tree - just feel. By the side of a waterfall - listen. Lie down on the beach and listen to the roar of the ocean, feel the sand, the coolness of it, or look at the stars, and let that silence penetrate you. Or look at the dark night and let that velvety darkness surround you, envelop you, dissolve you. This is the way of the simple heart."
Simplicity
"Learn to be happy with yourself first, then happiness will follow you everywhere."
Happiness
"The real question is not whether life exists after death. The real question is: are you alive before death?"
Life
"To be ordinary is the most extraordinary thing in life."
Ordinary
"Stop seeking security. There is none."
Security
"To be "great" is an ego goal; to be real is existential."
Authenticity
"Drop all masks and just be yourself."
Authenticity
"Be yourself, nobody can do it better than you."
Self-Awareness
"When you are silent, you can hear the truth."
Silence
"A silent mind is a powerful mind."
Silence
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