Suppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations. Hold on steadily, let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into something much nearer to your heart's desire.
- Topic: Adversity, Desire
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble.
If you want material prosperity, you must first think prosperity thoughts, and then make a habit of doing so, for the thing that keeps most people poor is the sheer habit of poverty thinking.
Man is a mental being, and to know this is the first step on the road to freedom, for as long as you believe yourself to be primarily physical, you will remain in bondage, that is to say, to your own habits of thought, for there is no other bondage.
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.
For you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you.
There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential…these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
