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"Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind."
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"You may spend fifty or eighty years of your life believing in something totally false, and this is what happens to most people!"
"The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes."
"Self-awareness happens when we become aware of other people, things and places around us and how we are all connected."
"The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own."
"When we take the time to break free from the tyranny of Time and learn to listen to the sound of unspoken words, we discern the hot air behind the frenzy of the wheeling and dealing around. ['Wheeling and dealing']"
"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."
"When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else. No reason to give them an excuse to hurt you."
"Disparate from animals, human beings are constantly interpreting who we are. The mental rhythm of the human mind is a stream of thought that is constantly in motion. The development of conscious awareness is a lifetime process of interpreting the external world by employing the tools of observation, memory, and imagination; supplemented by rational thoughts, meditative reflections, intuition, and freelance conjure. Every day we can consciously work to alter our being or remain mentally stagnant."
"Each soul must awaken from the aloneness of a private dream world to greet the morning sun, view the sweet earth, apprehend the great silence, and demonstrate an appreciative thanks to everyday of life by living in a rapt state of attentive awareness."
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"There is a skill to learning. It is all about what is and what is not. While Science is knowing what is, Art is creating what is not."
"When you share your misery, it will not diminish. When you fail to share your joy, it diminishes. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with anyone else, as that will only increase the problems. Share your joy with everyone.Listen to others; yet do not listen. If your mind gets stuck in their problems, not only are they miserable, but you also become miserable."
"Have this faith that someone is there to take away your weaknesses. Ok, you slipped once, twice, thrice. It does not matter. Keep moving ahead. People take vows never to commit mistakes again. Breaking the vows makes it worse. Surrendering is better."
"Wise is the one who learns from another's mistakes. Less wise is the one who learns only from his own mistakes. The fool keeps making the same mistakes again and again and never learns from them."
"why can't we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives."
"Life works on strange laws of nature (Karma).One never knows when a friend turns enemy & vice-versa. Rely on your Self, self-reliance."
"Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn."
"Worrying doesn't make any difference, but working does and spirituality gives one the strength to work."
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