You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge. (Eckhart Tolle)

You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge.

Eckhart Tolle

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