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Martha Beck
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.
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The repercussions of one person living in stubborn gladness are incalculable.
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life.
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Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.
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In the pursuit of Knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less and less do you need to force things, until finally you arrive at non-action. When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.
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A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.
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You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light.
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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.
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When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can avoid avoidance - if you can choose to embrace experiences out of passion, enthusiasm, and a readiness to feel whatever arises - then nothing, nothing in all this dangerous world, can keep you from being safe.
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If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you.
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Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.
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The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.
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Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.
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People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.
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Make a plan to change the world. For one night, don't disbelieve that you can.
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A joyful life isn’t about others it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.
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