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“When you do the right thing, you get the feeling of peace and serenity associated with it. Do it again and again.”
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“As long as we lean on anything outside ourselves for support, we are going to be insecure. Most of us try to find support by leaning on all sorts of things - gold, books, learning, sensory stimulation - and if these things are taken away, we fall over. To the extent that we are dependent on these external supports, we grow weaker and more liable to upsets and misfortune.”
― The End of Sorrow
― The End of Sorrow
“The possessions themselves were not the problem, it was my relationship with possessing.”
― #Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times
― #Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times
“To be unconquerable by anything, we must be willing to lose everything.
Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
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Anything external we hold on to, even the most minor thing, automatically wields power over our mental state.”
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