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Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
Musician
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Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
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If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to understand this nature that seems to be a bottomless basket, because there is no peace in it.
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It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.
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Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!
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Self-pity is the campsite of self-defeat it is a dark refuge for those parts of us that would rather wallow in what cannot be than dare to explore what is possible.
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Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion
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The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.
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You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
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Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself.
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On the other side of resistance is the flow of real life.
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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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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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The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!
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