Guy Finley quotes - page 6

In these times - where social appearance is more important than spiritual substance - what has become our longing to change is really the unconscious desire to control not just the shape of our bodies (according to prevailing values) but to dominate our environment as well, regardless of the cost. (Guy Finley)
Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears. View quote
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Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness. View quote
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No experience in life is set in stone unless we ourselves have unwittingly poured the concrete! View quote
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It isn't something of which most of us are aware, but we human beings are 'marked' with a certain strange feature, and that is: We want to change. View quote
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Walk lightly through life. View quote
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Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you! View quote
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All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves. View quote
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Let's look at ten small places in our lives where we are trying to do the impossible and where, as a result of our misunderstanding, we are still sowing and reaping the harvest of frustration and headache:. View quote
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The way you answer life's events, and what you experience as your life, are really one. View quote
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We are not here to learn to play, we are here to play to learn. (Guy Finley)
Consciously giving up the last word is a secret prayer because the you that wants the last word isn't really you at all...it's that dark spirit of one-upmanship, that dark spirit of combativeness. View quote
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Real compassion lies within our ability to remember that an angry, vengeful or hateful person is usually just someone who can no longer bear the weary weight of his or her own carefully concealed despair. View quote
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Do you know what a good life is? A good life is a life in which you never have to think about yourself again. You know why? Because you can't think about yourself without producing fear. View quote
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What we find in life is based on where we put our attention. When we focus on the small worlds our thoughts create, we miss out on the beauty and possibilities we are meant to enjoy. View quote
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No man is powerful as long as power is his need. View quote
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A prisoner mentality is anything that blames anything outside of you for the pain you have. View quote
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Our Real Self is a ceaseless, ever-changing, and vital expression of eternal energies, even though this timeless nature remains veiled from us because of our present level of consciousness. View quote
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We are the subject of all that we have yet to realize, and the object of all that we have realized. View quote
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Every wall that I run in to is what I have yet to understand about myself and this life, and there is no other wall, none. View quote
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Saying "yes" for fear of saying "no" is a recipe for resentment. (Guy Finley)
Whatever forms your resentments may take, they wreck only you, not the one you resent. View quote
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Nothing in the universe can hold down that rare individual who clearly realizes that he or she dosen't know what's in the way of his or her happiness, but who is willing to find out. View quote
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Why do you want the approval of others who don't even approve of themselves? View quote
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It's impossible to discover who you really are if you limit what you are willing to find out about yourself to only what you want to know. View quote
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