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We see what we believe rather than what we see.


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No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.

No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.



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You are the universe experiencing itself.



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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.



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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.



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Insecurity is the result of trying to be secure.



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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More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchang'd To hoarse or mute, though fall'n on evil days, On evil days though fall'n, and evil tongues.

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I am learning continuously and my enthusiasm in fighting is always high. Like a child that is always learning and always want to achieve my goal.

I am learning continuously and my enthusiasm in fighting is always high. Like a child that is always learning and always want to achieve my goal.




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