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"Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do."
"Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun."
"People try so hard to let go of their negative behaviors and thoughts, and it doesn't work, or it works only for a short time. I didn't let go of my negative thoughts; I questioned them, and then they let go of me, and so did my addictions and depression."
"Our job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons."
"Every single human being is trying his best. We're all doing the best we can. But when we believe what we think, we have to live out those thoughts. When there's chaos in our heads, there's chaos in our lives. When there's hurt in our thinking, there's hurt in our lives. Love thy neighbor as thyself? I always have. When I hated me, I hated you. That's how it works. If I hate someone, I'm mistaking them for me, and solutions remain hidden."
"Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you're attached to something not true for you."
"Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there."
"Fear has only two causes: the thought of losing what you have or the thought of not getting what you want."
"Pay close attention to the particular thoughts you use to deprive yourself of happiness."
"If you want real control, drop the illusion of control; let life have you. It does anyway. You’re just telling yourself the story of how it doesn’t."
"It's not your job to like me - it's mine"
"Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It."
"It's not the problem that causes our suffering; it's our thinking about the problem."
"If you think the cause of your problem is 'out there,' you'll try to solve it from the outside. Take the shortcut: solve it from within."
"Everyone is a mirror image of yourself-your own thinking coming back to you."
"Hurt feelings or discomfort of any kind cannot be cause by another person. No one outside me can hurt me. That’s not a possibility. It’s only when I believe a stressful thought that I get hurt. And I’m the one who’s hurting me by believing what I think. This is very good news, because it means that I don’t have to get someone else to stop hurting me. I’m the one who can stop hurting me. It’s within my power."
"The world is nothing but my perception of it. I see only through myself. I hear only through the filter of my story."
"When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim."
"The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it."
"Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them"