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You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
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Act on what you love, not from what you fear, and watch how fear fades as love grows.
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Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.
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The only world in which defeat exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what's possible for us to achieve now.
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The more time we spend considering the shortcomings of others, the smaller a person we become.
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The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!
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