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It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

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Be teachable. That is the whole secret.
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
It is a thousand times more sensible to climb one foot up the mountainside than to chatter for years about the mountaintop.
Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people or you can have freedom from people, but you can't have both.
The world consists of imaginary people, claiming imaginary virtues and suffering from imaginary happiness.
The reason why most people are frustrated is because a lie cannot be turned into a truth.
The genuinely spiritual person is one who has lost all desire to be anyone but exactly who he is, without labels and without apologies. He is what he is and that's all there's is to it. Such a man is undivided, uncomplicated and contented.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
To change what you get you must change who you are.
Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.