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Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.


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We see what we believe rather than what we see.



Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.

Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.



A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.

A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So he loses touch with Reality, and lives in a world of illusion.



Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.

Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own judgment.



As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.





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I mean I love my family very much, but there is a difference when you're reuniting with your family outside of your hometown and reuniting in the family home.



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Roll on, thou ball, roll on! Through pathless realms of Space, Roll on!

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