Quotes
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Quote: Thoreau On Loving Being Alone
“It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. …We are not the less to aim at the summits though the multitude does not ascend them.” ― Henry David Thoreau
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Carl Jung On Meeting Ourselves Time And Again
“We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.” Carl Jung
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Quote: Carl Jung On Dealing With His Own Shadow
“If you imagine someone who is brave enough to withdraw all his projections, then you get an individual who is conscious of a pretty thick shadow. Such a man has saddled himself with new problems and conflicts. He has become a serious problem to himself, as he is now unable to say that they do this or that, they are wrong, and they must be fought against… Such a man knows that whatever is wrong in the world is in himself, and if he only learns to deal with his own shadow he has done something real for the world. He has succeeded in shouldering at least an infinitesimal part…
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Quote: Lao Tzu On Spontaneous Changes
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
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Quote: Aldo Leopold On Abusing The Land
“We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” ― Aldo Leopold
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Quote: John Muir On How Everything In Wild Nature Fits Into Us
” Wonderful how completely everything in wild nature fits into us, as if truly part and parent of us. The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. The trees wave and the flowers bloom in our bodies as well as our souls, and every bird song, wind song, and; tremendous storm song of the rocks in the heart of the mountains is our song, our very own, and sings our love.” ― John Muir
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Inspirational Quotes: G.I. Gurdjieff On Liberation
“LIBERATION LEADS TO LIBERATION. These are the first words of truth — not truth in quotation marks but truth in the real meaning of the word; truth which is not merely theoretical, not simply a word, but truth that can be realized in practice. The meaning behind these words may be explained as follows: By liberation is meant the liberation which is the aim of all schools, all religions, at all times. This liberation can indeed be very great. All men desire it and strive after it. But it cannot be attained without the first liberation, a lesser liberation. The great liberation is liberation from influences outside us. The lesser…
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Inspirational Quotes: G.I. Gurdjieff On Awakening
“Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.” ― G.I. Gurdjieff
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Poetry: Charlie Chaplin’s Beautifully Inspirational Poem On Self Love
Poetry: Charlie Chaplin’s Beautifully Inspirational Poem On Self Love Charlie Chaplin was a wise old-soul with a keen sense of wisdom beyond his era. His timeless words carry the power to affect the heart and inspire the mind – and it’s incredible to think his powerful speech from The Great Dictator (see here) came out in the 40’s. The macrocosmic message of that speech is something needed now more than ever, but there’s another lesser-known poem of his has, that has a similar impact on a microcosmic (or more intimate) level. This poem onlself love, entitled “As I Began to Love Myself”, is something each of us can relate to,…
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Quote: Adyashanti On Attachments And Letting Everything End
“There is a great momentum of suffering and confusion that every spiritual seeker encounters. It is the momentum of ignorance which manifests as the experience of conflict and confusion and which causes suffering. In order to discover the perspective of liberation, which alone transcends this entire movement of ignorance and suffering, one needs to let everything end. “Letting everything end” means to stand in the moment completely naked of attachment to any and all ideas, concepts, hopes, preferences, and experiences. Simply put, it means to stop strategizing, controlling, manipulating, and running away from yourself–and to simply be. Finally you must let everything end and be still. In letting everything end,…