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Human beings are the only creatures on the planet that tell time and think they have to earn a living.


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You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.

You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently.



In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.



There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.



Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.

Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value.



Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.

Mistakes are great, the more I make the smarter I get.



If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.

If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.



We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.



You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.

You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.



Love is metaphysical gravity.

Love is metaphysical gravity.






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We are transformational beings gravitating closer to the light of oneness.

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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

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I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.

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Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist.

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I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I think to some extent, "awe" was a word that was almost invented for scientists.

I have faith that science is a good thing. Seriously, I'd say that I am very much in awe of nature. In fact, I think to some extent, "awe" was a word that was almost invented for scientists.



I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

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There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.



Just showing that what I did at the combine wasn't a fluke.

Just showing that what I did at the combine wasn't a fluke.



Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.

Bohemia has no banner. It survives by discretion.




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