Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
- Topic: Self, Solitude
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.
Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
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The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.
When there is silence one finds the anchor of the universe within oneself.
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.
I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the “oughtness” that forever confronts him.
One can acquire everything in solitude—except character.
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.
Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Any one thing in creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.
If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.
I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
