Guy Finley > Quotes

“What's the first sign of a lurking, hidden expectation you didn't know you had? Pain! People don't do what we want, things don't happen quickly enough, the weather doesn't cooperate, our bodies don't cooperate. Why are these moments so painful? Because our minds are focused on a static, unchanging, me-centric picture while the dynamic unfolding of a broader life continues around us. There is nothing wrong with expectations per se, as it's appropriate to set goals and work, properly, towards their fruition. But the instant we feel pain over life not going "my way," our expectations have clearly taken an improper turn. Any moment you feel resistance or pain, look for -- and then let go of -- the hidden expectation. Practice giving yourself over to what "you" don't want. Let the line at the store be long. Let the other person interrupt you. Let the nervousness make you shake. Be where your body is, not where your mind is trying to take you.”
― Guy Finley

“The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.”
― Guy Finley

“Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.”
― Valery Satterwhite

“No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.”
― Guy Finley

“If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining”
― Guy Finley

“You must learn to stop thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, successes and failures, and begin to treat everything in your life as a learning experience instead of a proving one.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“One way to prevent yourself from going through a considerable amount of useless pain is to see the truth of the following and then to act upon your discovery accordingly: judging others doesn't change how much they disturb you; it serves only to distract you from seeing just how little it actually takes to set you off.”
― Guy Finley

“the less one knows about oneself, the more one enjoys talking about oneself”
― Guy Finley

“As those who have learned to rule their own mind will attest, misfortune is a state of mind long before it becomes a miserable circumstance.
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― Guy Finley

“But you can't be saying I should walk away from everything I have worked for all my life?"
"No, I am not. What I am saying is that we need to take a much closer look at what we have been calling our life."
"To what purpose?"
"To see if it is really ours. Once we know what is authentically our own, then we also know what to keep and protect and what to let go.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“we are not here on earth to change our destiny but to fulfill it.”
― Guy Finley

“When we stop blaming the darkness, or ourselves, for having been walking in it, and decide, instead, to thank the Light for showing us the truth of our actual estate... then we turn the corner in our work to awaken conscience.”
― Guy Finley

“Never again help anyone to feel as though they have a right to feel badly.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.”
― Guy Finley

“Never speak out of anger, never act out of fear, never choose from impatience, but wait...and peace will appear.”
― Guy Finley

“To go beyond yourself, you must first be yourself.”
― Guy Finley, Designing Your Own Destiny: The Power to Shape Your Future

“What possible good does it do to resent any moment for unfolding as it does, to wish it didn't happen? Does it change the moment in any positive way? No it does not.”
― Guy Finley

“Our problem is that we’re sure we have to do something to be free. Strangely enough, the only thing between us and a life without limits is this mistaken idea.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Then, rather than trying to change others to suit our needs, our choice would be to simply drop this false idea that someone else is responsible for our fulfillment.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Secret Self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Notre besoin d'être forts nous pousse à chercher quelque chose ou quelqu'un qui puisse nous aider à ne pas être anéantis chaque fois que notre vie commence à d'effondrer.
Notre besoin de signification nous oblige à nous inventer un but stérile après l'autre et à investir nos énergies dans des tâches inépuisables.
Notre besoin d'être aimés nous contraint à accepter la cruauté des autres en échange d'une parcelle de leur gentillesse.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Begin with the higher fact that you are not here on earth to live up to anyone’s expectations—including your own. There is something much higher for you to be in this life than to spend your days doing what only strains and drains you. Your True Self knows that there is only one supreme command: you need never answer any demand that causes you pain or that asks you to sacrifice your integrity.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
The Road Not Taken
(- Robert Frost-)”
― Guy Finley, Designing Your Own Destiny: The Power to Shape Your Future

“When you start to understand that what lies ahead of you, in what you’ve always thought of as your future, isn’t really ahead of you at all, but waits within you—you will be for That.”
― Guy Finley, The Lost Secrets of Prayer: Practices for Self-Awakening

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
The Road Not Taken-”
― Guy Finley, Designing Your Own Destiny: The Power to Shape Your Future

“Daha önce önemli olan pek çok şeyin artık o kadar önemli olmadığını, eskiden çok istediğimiz şeylerin artık bizim için neredeyse hiçbir önem taşımadığını gösterecek anlarla her zaman karşılaşacağımız gerçeğini -Şimdi- hatırlayabilsek, o zaman...”
― Guy Finley, The Essential Laws of Fearless Living: Find the Power to Never Feel Powerless Again

“Karanlık çözümü zor bir arkadaş gibidir; eğer biri seni bütünüyle tanıyorsa, biri seni hiç tanımıyor demektir.”
― Guy Finley, The Courage to Be Free: Discover Your Original Fearless Self

“My son, a true king is never concerned with what his subjects bring him, whether bags of silver or bags of straw, because he knows he possesses the entire kingdom. Look beyond this stage: everything is yours; it always has been.”
― Guy Finley, The Secret of Letting Go

“What we find in life is based on where we put our attention. When we focus on the small worlds our thoughts create, we miss out on the beauty and possibilities we are meant to enjoy.”
― Guy Finley