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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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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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Better that the whole world should turn against you... than you should consent to turn against what is true within you.
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The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.
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One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.
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Until you can love what the truth would teach you about yourself... then your love is incomplete.
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No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.
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Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.
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Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature.
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You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
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Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.
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Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?
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