The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
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The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
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The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.
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Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.
Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.
Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it is better to listen to what it has to say.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
Sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; and after summer evermore succeeds barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold: so cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet.
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.
My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
Pain is certain, suffering is optional.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.
