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"Open your arms to CHANGEbut don't let go of your VALUES."
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"If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself ill in that and quitted one which you might have supported."
"Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance " usually about ourselves " and we become better people for it."
"The question to always be in your inner dialogue, asking yourself...is it kind?"
"If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change."
"With improved coping skills forged through my midlife crisis, I now listen first and do not control, and I allow these now adult children to come to their own conclusions about what they want for their lives."
"Be who you are. You may not always please but you will never go wrong."
"Emotional intelligence is making a huge mistake, but learning from it, forgiving yourself, and setting new and higher related-standards below which you will never operate."
"When you know who you are, you won't have false modesty."
"If you let it bother you, it will bother you."
"Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too."
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"Violence can only breed more violence and suffering. Our struggle must remain non-violent and free of hatred."
"The highest happiness is when one reaches the stage of Liberation, at which there is no more suffering. That's genuine, lasting happiness. True happiness relates more to the mind and heart. Happiness that depends mainly on physical pleasure is unstable; one day it's there, the next day it may not be."
"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival."
"We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences."
"The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, he said:'Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."
"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."
"The greater the level of calmness of our mind, the greater our peace of mind, the greater our ability to enjoy a happy and joyful life."
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