06 / In their own words
The Quotes Collection
Short lines from the thinkers, teachers and writers in the Reading Room, gathered by theme. Read one slowly and notice what it asks of you.
A small daily practice
Read it twice.
Notice what it asks.
Your power is in your thoughts, so stay awake. In other words, remember to remember.
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207 quotes to read slowly
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
It is easier to ascribe your feeling to events in the world than to admit that the conditions of the world reflect your feeling.
Be conscious of yourself, watch your mind, give it your full attention.
You are a creature of habit. Habit is the function of your subconscious mind.
Nobody is smart enough to be wrong all the time.
It might seem daunting to think that effort and chance, as much as innate talent, are what counts.
The point of power is always in the present moment.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
You are not the pain you feel, nor are you the part that periodically stresses out.
The words we speak have a direct and definite effect upon our thoughts.
If you concentrate and focus in your life on what you don't have, you will never have enough.
Find eyes within, look for the door into the unknown country.
Love is the song of the soul, singing to God.
Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening.
Don't hurry. When you feel in the mood of hurry and fret, stop!
Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one's own soul.
The heart surrenders everything to the moment. The mind judges and holds back.
Your duty is to be: and not to be this or that.
Instead of focusing on the world's problems, give your attention and energy to trust, love, abundance, education and peace.
The most interesting information that you can learn about is the subjectivity of another human being.
Sealed within the fortress walls of rigid consistency, we can be impervious to the sieges of reason.
The quality of your thought is the measure of your power.
Most of the time you are thinking about life, not living life.
We are never so defenceless against suffering as when we love.
Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this Divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal.
It is a great maxim that Nature obeys us precisely in proportion as we first obey Nature.
The last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task.
Put your whole mind into present action.
You will never win if you have to prove that you are the winner.
According to the nature of our ideals is the character of the life we lead.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
Running away from fear is fear, fighting pain is pain, trying to be brave is being scared.
Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
Designers don't think their way forward. Designers build their way forward.
If it's not actionable, it's not a problem. It's a situation, a circumstance, a fact of life.
Reality is always kinder than the stories we tell about it.
You never really know how or when your life is going to change, and that's for the best.
The past is closed and limited; the future is open and free.
Don't make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.
What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself.
By believing oneself to be the master of one's thoughts one becomes so.
Setting others free means setting yourself free, because resentment is really a form of attachment.
Trained thought is far more powerful than untrained.
You have the option of anticipating something you want or anticipating something you do not want.
Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game.
In visualizing, or making a mental picture, you are not endeavoring to change the laws of Nature. You are fulfilling them.
Free to read. Yours to explore.