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Only you can choose the nature of what grows, or what doesn't, within you.

Guy Finley

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
Musician
Philosopher
Radio Personality
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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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No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.
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Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
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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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Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it.
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