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"Quit allowing negativity to block the positive gifts which are meant for you along with the hard lessons and tribulations."

"If some people came into contact with anything real they would be shocked out of their minds."

"An environment of infinite economic expansion is unsustainable in a world of finite resources."

"Because of our interconnectedness we all know that extreme poverty and exclusionary practices are violations against the basic dignity of people."

"Be as light as a feather and when they reach for you - you will blow right by their grip, you will effortlessly flow to safety."
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"For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves."

"The best yardstick for our progress is not other people, but ourselves. Am I better than I was yesterday? This is the only question worth asking. As long as you go to bed at night a better practitioner than the one who woke up that morning, you have succeeded. Your worth should have nothing to do with how your progress stacks up relative to another."

"Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue."

"If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt."

"You need to understand your potentials to transform it. look in to Yourself, upwards to God then outwards to your environ."

"Accepting complete responsibility is the unsung character trait of those who find uncommon success, and failure to accept responsibility is a common trait of those who end up with a mediocre life."

"When we assign ourselves the mission of changing others who show no want or need to change, it blocks our spirit-it drains us-and prevents us from attracting into our lives that which we need to grow."

"The trip doesn't exist that can set you beyond the reach of cravings, fits of temper, or fears, so long as you carry the sources of your troubles about with you, those troubles will continue to harass and plague you wherever you wander on land or on sea. Does it surprise you that running away doesn't do you any good? The things you're running away from are with you all the time."

"The farm is a base of operations"a stronghold. You can withdraw into yourself there. Solitude for reflection is an essential ingredient in self-development. I think a person has to be withdrawn into himself to gather inspiration so that he is somebody when he comes out again among folks"when he "comes to market' with himself. He learns that he's got to be almost wastefully alone."
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