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I’ve no interest in being thought provoking. Who needs more thoughts. I’d rather go down as one who is thought disposing.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The world is already yours – why try to conquer it?
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru It’s not the depth of your intellect that will comfort you or transform your world. Only the richness of your heart and your generosity of spirit can do that
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Odd how we focus on studying wars at at school to form our ‘education’. No wonder we know so little about making and forging peace as adults.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The moment that you give gratitude is the moment that you find happiness. The moment that you lose gratitude your happiness will vanish and slip through your fingers
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru First one must understand conditioning – only then can we speak of choice
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Goals are only ever a guide; a winding, changing path. It’s your heart that will really keep you on tack… and nourished along the way.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru You will rarely make wise decisions if you surround yourself with fools
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru My advice for life: dance and sing your song while the party is still on.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world – but only with compassion can you heal and build it.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides – only the heart truly binds.
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru
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Allow yourself to experience what it is to learn step by step the freedom that comes from being unattached to the outcome, but operating from an empowered heart.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav From some things that I have said one may get the idea that some of the slaves did not want freedom. This is not true. I have never seen one who did not want to be free, or one who would return to slavery.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington For thousands of years, there have been lies about being gay or not being gay. If you know they’re lies, you’re free.
Don Miguel RuizDon Miguel Ruiz Freedom, Truth, Honour, you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little farts, waving the banner with one hand and reaching under the table with the other.
Hunter S. ThompsonHunter S. Thompson In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?
Maajid NawazMaajid Nawaz Some souls seek to walk in awareness. Souls who walk in awareness choose a different path. They seek to experience all the peace and joy, limitlessness and freedom, wisdom and love that Oneness brings.
Neale Donald WalschNeale Donald Walsch Our wills are simply not of our own making. Thoughts and intentions emerge from background causes of which we are unaware and over which we exert no conscious control. We do not have the freedom we think we have.
Sam HarrisSam Harris