Inspiring Quotes and Sayings
“This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow as the night the day, thou canst no then be false to any man.”
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is the power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
“Generally speaking, we regard discomfort in any form as bad news. But for practitioners or spiritual warriors—people who have a certain hunger to know what is true—feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are”
“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
”…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are.”
“Litany Against Fear: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear is gone there will be nothing…only I will remain.”
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.”
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others”
“Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. As sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
“We don’t inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”
“Nature is alive and talking to us. This is not a metaphor.”
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. ”
“Psychedelics... would be for psychiatry what the microscope is to the study of biology and medicine or the telescope for astronomy.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.”
“There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those that help themselves.”
“Dreams expose the condition we’re actually in. And to follow a dream is to become exposed.”
“Let me be like a lotus, rising from the muck of life, embodying the beauty, and profundity of transformation.”