"Some seekers will do anything for their Self-realisation - except work for it."
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"Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite."
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"And in self-giving we become really happy. Real humility is the expansion of our consciousness and our service."
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"A moment of self-giving lifecan conquer the sorrowsof many long years"
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"Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success."
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"What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence?"
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"Individual self-transcendence collectively inspires humanity at large."
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"The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded."
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"Love of the limited self, the very limited self, is another name for human love. Love of the entire world is another name for divine love."
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"At last He is healed of his self-doubt. Now what is happening ? He is awakening To his souls ecstasy-sun."
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"To be free from all egoistic motive, careful of truth in speech and action, void of self-will and self-assertion, watchful in all things, is the condition for being a flawless servant."
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"Perfection consists in one thing alone, which is doing the will of God. For, according to Our Lord's words, it suffices for perfection to deny self, to take up the cross and to follow Him. Now who denies himself and takes up his cross and follows Christ better than he who seeks not to do his own will, but always that of God? Behold, now, how little is needed to become as Saint? Nothing more than to acquire the habit of willing, on every occasion, what God wills."
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"In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful."
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"Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside."
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"Whether you're as healthy as you should be or not, that doesn't disallow you to look your best. Style is only possible from a place of self-acceptance."
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"Looking relevant, modern, timely and appropriate in terms of your age, body type and lifestyle is not only about the joy of self-expression but a form of self-care: it lets the world know how you want to be perceived and treated."
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"my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head, Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed."
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"Under the strain of this continually impending doom and by the sleeplessness to which I now condemned myself, ay, even beyond what I had thought possible to man, I became, in my own person, a creature eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak both in body and mind, and solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self."
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"I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next ten years felt like a self-centered experiment in personal abuse."
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"The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your expression and the safer it makes them feel to express themselves. That expression, in turn, feeds on the other person's spirit, and genuine creative empathy takes place, producing new insights and learnings and a sense of excitement and adventure that keeps the process going."
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