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Ours is the task of discovering that our true nature has nothing to fear.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
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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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Each time that you don't know you are choosing, then of those choices you are not the chooser.
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The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
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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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