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Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right now.
The spirit is the life of the body seen from within, and the body the outward manifestation of the life of the spirit-the two being really one.
I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.
You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.
Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother.
Taking the time to meditate is as important as taking the time to breathe. One pumps oxygen into the body, the other pumps peace into the mind.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
The one wholly true thought one can hold about the past is that it is not here. To think about it at all is therefore to think about illusions.
I've always felt real blessed, especially to live in this country. If you dream hard and work hard, anything can happen here-I'm perfect proof.
Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
If you spend your time, worth $20-25 per hour, doing something that someone else will do for $10 per hour, it's simply a poor use of resources.
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
If you are a person who wants an uncommonly fine life, if you're willing to put in some time each day to do that, then that will happen to you.
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.
If it looks good, you'll see it. If it sounds good, you'll hear it. If its marketed right, you'll buy it. But... If its real... you'll feel it.
There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.
Yesterday's success formula is often today's obsolete dogma ... We must continually challenge the past so that we can renew ourselves each day.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Highly motivated achievers are looking not to receive but to contribute. They are looking for problems that are personally satisfying to solve.
Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
By staying focused and flexible, you will meet and exceed your major life-forming goals. Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad
Let me remember I am one with God. Our shining footprints point the way to truth, for God is our Companion as we walk the world a little while.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
You can do one of two things; just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.
Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
My mother's genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation. We have lost our way. And it begins with inspiration. It begins with leadership.
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
One can appreciate & celebrate each moment — there’s nothing more sacred. There’s nothing more vast or absolute. In fact, there’s nothing more!
I play basketball all the time. Me and my band play every week on the road. That's something that I've never really given up since high school.
In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but the number of prayers we answer may be of even greater importance.
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
The single and most dangerous word to be spoken in business is no. The second most dangerous word is yes. It is possible to avoid saying either.
If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?
Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment.
How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?
We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.
There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
I am not the person who is singing I am the silent one inside. . . . I am not my house, my car, my songs They are only stops along my way. . . .
The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.
The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.
Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?
Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements ... those of us who prevail today will have done no small thing.
Education is no longer thought of as a preparation for adult life, but as a continuing process of growth and development from birth until death.
To contact the deeper truth of who we are, we must engage in some activity or practice that questions what we assume to be true about ourselves.
Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or sister.