“It is not insult from another that causes you pain. It is the part of your mind that agrees with the insult. Agree only with the truth about you, and you are free.”
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“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is... The only problem in your life is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds. ”
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“American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.”
― The Razor’s Edge
― The Razor’s Edge
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being. (109)”
― Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
― Compassion and Meditation: The Spiritual Dynamic between Buddhism and Christianity
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