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Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.
Peter McWilliams
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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
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Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
Peter mcwilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Running from fear only strengthens fear-you are demonstrating that fear has power over you. Fear must be faced and gone through.
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This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.
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For many, negative thinking is a habit, which over time, becomes an addiction... A lot of people suffer from this disease because negative thinking is addictive to each of the Big Three - the mind, the body, and the emotions. If one doesn't get you, the others are waiting in the wings.
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I must conquer my loneliness alone. I must be happy with myself or I have nothing to offer you. Two halves have little choice but to join and yes, they do make a whole. But two wholes when they coincide... that is beauty. That is love.
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We are all, right now, living the life we choose.
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As with most consensual crimes, this prohibition of hemp is both silly and sinister.
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When thought and action are combined, the results are powerful-among the most powerful forces on earth. The combination of successful communication-the sharing of thoughts-and physical action can, literally, move mountains.
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Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.
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I'm tired of people thinking that Libertarians don't have morality- that they don't have values. that's a lot of hogwash. Libertarians are the ONLY politicians with values.
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If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.
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The Bible, taken as a whole, can be used to praise or condemn practically any human activity, thought, belief, or practice.
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The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.
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We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged.
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To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
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Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
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As the world gets dumber and dumber, I feel more and more at home.
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Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you. You don't create a Master Teacher -- that's already been done. You discover your Master Teacher.
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