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Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.


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There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.



Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.



If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.

If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.



Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.

Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.



Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!

Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!



When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.



You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.

You don't have to add anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop something.



One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.

One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation.



"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.

"What is love?"; "The total absence of fear," said the Master; "What is it we fear?"; "Love," said the Master.



A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.

A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.





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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.

Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.



Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.



Such a Big miracle in such a tiny baby. Big things often have small beginnings A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

Such a Big miracle in such a tiny baby. Big things often have small beginnings A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.



Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures.

Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures.



I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.

I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.



When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'

When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, 'What choice do I have?'



[L]et us believe that all is going along the best in the world when we take no satisfaction in it, provided we humble ourselves for this and redouble our confidence in God.

[L]et us believe that all is going along the best in the world when we take no satisfaction in it, provided we humble ourselves for this and redouble our confidence in God.



I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression.

I am freely able to express myself honestly to the public without trying to polish it over, trying to hide something. I'm just trying to be free with my expression.




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