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"If there was no such thing as a mirror in this world, then seeing our face 'exactly' would be considered a huge wonder."
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"There is an illusion about America, a myth about America to which we are clinging which has nothing to do with the lives we lead and I don't believe that anybody in this country who has really thought about it or really almost anybody who has been brought up against it--and almost all of us have one way or another--this collision between one's image of oneself and what one actually is is always very painful and there are two things you can do about it, you can meet the collision head-on and try and become what you really are or you can retreat and try to remain what you thought you were, which is a fantasy, in which you will certainly perish."

"This has to be the most self-centered thing I've ever said, but no, I think you just wanted to vex me."

"I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better."

"Your mind is your world. Your heart is your nature. Your soul is your universe. Your life is your creation."

"Would the child you were yesterday admire the person you are today? If not, adjust for desired results."

"I am blind to the very things that make for our own peace."

"I have enjoyed my company so fondly, I may not feel alone when I am lonely."

"When our thoughts are unsettled and our inner world is in a muddle, we may sharpen our wits and try to recognize the invisible edges of our fractured stance. If we seek to figure out, what our life story is all about, we may be able to put the missing pieces in place and identify what is driving us, what we are actually up to and why we are running like mad dogs, sometimes. ['On a doggy day']"

"If you say something and reject any criticism, then your words truly meant to advise yourself."

"I wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me."
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"Chit impurity is due to the relative vision. When the vision becomes real (enlightened), purification of chit occurs."

"In shukladhyan (Pure contemplation as the Self, the Soul), whole world begins to look faultless (nirdosh). In dharmadhyan, despite seeing the other person at fault; one will uphold him as being faultless that is 'dhramadhyan', 'what is the other person's fault? He is simply instrumental (nimit) in it. It is due to the effect of my own karmas that I have encountered him."

"Illusion (moha) is to take a beating and then forget, to take another beating and then forget again."

"Where there is asakti [infatuation], there accusations cannot refrain from happening. That is indeed the nature of asakti [infatuation]."

"You will not realize the absolute supreme Self (parmatma) unless the weakness departs. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the weaknesses."

"This is not suitable for me- to say this is indeed madness, it is nothing but egoism. To say 'will not suit' is an offense."

"There is no truth in this world that is worth insisting upon! Anything that is insisted upon is not the truth at all!"

"Even the slightest criticism of others is an impediment (hindrance) to Absolute Knowledge (Kevalgnan, Absolute Enlightenment). It also hinders Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), also hinders Samkit (Self-realization)."
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