Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself.
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Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself.
It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love is the only truth; everything else is an illusion.
Those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain. LOVE is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair. We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.
Just because we're in a STRESSFUL situation doesn't mean that we have to get stressed out. You may be in the storm. The key is, don't let the storm get in YOU.
Never look at the visible supply; always look at the limitless riches in the formless substance and know that they are coming to you as fast as you can receive and use them.
The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more you will have to express gratitude for.
Close friends and relatives, while not meaning to do so, often handicap on through 'opinions' and sometimes though ridicule, which is meant to be humorous. Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well-meaning, but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through opinions or ridicule
It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
The self-styled practical man of affairs who pooh-poohs philosophy as a lot of windy notions is himself a pragmatist or a positivist, and a bad one at that, since he has given no thought to his position.
When you choose to be pleasant and positive in the way you treat others, you have also chosen, in most cases, how you are going to be treated by others.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
Don't wait until you feel positive to move forward. Act your way into feeling good.
Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'
Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.
We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
In order to dominate the soul you must also learn to dominate the body. And in order to dominate the body you cannot fear pain.
When two people fall in love, past and future disappear.
The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.
Optimism is the most important human trait, because it allows us to evolve our ideas, to improve our situation, and to hope for a better tomorrow.
Pay no attention to what the critics say; _x000D_ _x000D_ no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
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