Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
BILL VAUGHANMeditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we meditate on ourselves and on our own problems, reinforcing our self-clinging.
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There must be some great truth underlying the instinct for worship.
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Keep right on to the end of the road, Keep right on to the end. Tho’the way be long let your heart be strong, Keep right on round the bend. T
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Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one’s balance.
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Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn”t be seen dead at
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Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
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Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.
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Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate; if lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
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Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
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If the distance between ourselves and others becomes too great, we experience isolation and alienation, yet if the proximity to others becomes too close, we feel smothered and trapped.
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American culture has always known success, not suffering, so we’ve never known what to do with this part of the Bible.
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Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.
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I like computers. It’s the first time that I am endorsing a computer brand. I am very computer savvy, so this is certainly up my ally.
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Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
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Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
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The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.
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