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“Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it.”
“Tell a man that he is putting on a stage performance in order to get what he wants, and he will irritably reject your observation. Why? Because most people go through life as cunning actors with a permanent horror of getting found out.”
“A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. They fail, for self-discovery is spiritual in nature, not social or political. Authoritatively telling other people what to do is their distraction from an inner emptiness they can never fill.”
“A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.”
“What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows through an open window on a hot day. Your part is to open the windows of your mind.”
“The best way to start doing something is to start doing something.”
“A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.”
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”
“To change what you get, you must change who you are.”
“Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.”
“Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire to you in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of effort.”
“Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.”
“All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is denied.”
“Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.”
“Self-knowledge is the great power by which we comprehend and control our lives”
“Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history.”
“Learn to see a problem from a higher level of understanding. Then, it dissolves before your eyes.”
“You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas together at the same time, and a powerful third force for self-awakening is created.”
“You can't come into this world without becoming its victim.”
“Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.”