“You not only have a right to be an individual. You have a responsibility.”
“The greatest discovery is self-discovery.”
“God use times of adversity to revive the spirit of every man.”
“the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors... For from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.”
“The happiness you seek can be found within yourself.”
“You can t improve anything if you don t first know what needs to be improved.”
“I am a new universe beginning to expand.”
“self-awareness: the ability to realize what we are doing as we do it, and understand why we are doing it.”
“In brief: consciousness is a phenomenon in the zone of evolution. This world lights up to itself only where or only inasmuch as it develops, procreates new forms. Places of stagnancy slip from consciousness; they may only appear in their interplay with places of evolution. If this is granted it follows that consciousness and discord with one s own self are inseparably linked up, even that they must, as it were, be proportional to each other. This sounds a paradox, but the wisest of all times and peoples have testified to confirm it. Men and women for whom this world was lit in an unusually light of awareness, and who by life and word have, more than others, formed and transformed that work of art which we call humanity, testify by speech and writing or even by their lives that more than others have they been torn by the pangs of inner discord. Let this be a consolation to him who also suffers from it. Without it nothing enduring has ever been begotten.”
“We take most everything at face value. Otherwise how could we get by? ~ The Museum of the Dearly Departed”
“If you can’t remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you’re overdue.”
“Redefining moments offer us the opportunity to perpetually re-invent ourselves, and as long as we occupy a human body, these opportunities will continue to present themselves. You were born to be you, to unfold the truth of who you are. The same is true for everyone else. Every moment has the potential to be a redefining moment when we utilize the opportunity to look more deeply into the mystery of the true Self and learn how to actualize Its qualities in our daily lives. The goal is to increase our awareness that, irrespective of where we are or what we are doing, there stands before us a door in every present moment that, when consciously opened, invites us to step into a deeper knowing of who we truly are. In other words, every encounter (chance or otherwise), event, or circumstance, be it good or bad, right or wrong, happy or sad, is a portal to a redefining moment and who we will choose to be in that situation. The question to consider is, will we be consciously present enough in the moment to recognize the opening when it occurs and step through the door, or will our mind be too full of distractions?”
“The truest and noblest gift for yourself is personal development.”
“You can only live one day at a time.”
“Why is it so easy to abandon ourselves, and why do we so easily fall into the illusion that this self-abandonment is the only way people will like us?”
“Everybody must be given the opportunity for self liberation and development.”
“Peace is just around the corner, the only problem is the world is round! (created this on 9-11-01 after the WTC crash.)”