All your experiences, all your meditations, all your prayer, all that you do, is self-centred. It is strengthening the self, adding momentum, gathering momentum, so it is taking you in the opposite direction. Whatever you do to be free from the self also is a self-centred activity.

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You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. ― Marcus Aurelius

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Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny. — Mahatma Gandhi

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Fashion is the healthiest motivation for losing weight.

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You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go. ― Dr. Seuss

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I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. — Jimmy Dean

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Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if it is mental, spiritual; if it expresses itself in silent, persistent dissatisfaction, the cost to the oppressor is terrific.

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We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")

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Whenever we engage in consumption or production patterns which take more than we need, we are engaging in violence.

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