Finding Yourself quotes
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"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves...At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer."
"Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked."
"When you surrender completely to God, as the only truth worth having, you find yourself in service of all that exists. It becomes your joy and recreation. You never tire of serving others."
"The nicest thing is to open the newspapers and not to find yourself in them."
"When you find yourself in bed with an ugly woman, the best thing to do is close your eyes and get on with it"
"At first you might find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred space and use it, eventually something will happen. Your sacred space is where you find yourself again and again."
"Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly."
"Often in the search for your destiny you will find yourself obliged to change direction"
"No single decision you ever made has led in a straight line to where you find yourself now. You peeked down some roads and took a few steps before turning back. You followed some roads that came to a dead end and others that got lost at too many intersections. Ultimately, all roads are connected to all other roads."
"I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself."
"Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things. Saki Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors."
"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."
"I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself."
"If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you."
"If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business."
"One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man."
"I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself."
"Until presence becomes your predominant state, you may find yourself moving back and forth for a while between the old consciousness and the new, between mind identification and presence."
"If your mind is expansive and unfettered, you will find yourself in a more accommodating world, a place that's endlessly interesting and alive. That quality isn't inherent in the place but in your state of mind."
"Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can and to refrain from complaining about it. Where ever you find yourself and in whatever circumstances, give an impeccable performance."
