Favorite Quotes for September '06
"What you bring forth out of yourself from the inside will save you. What you do not bring forth out of yourself from the inside will destroy you."
-- Gospel of Thomas
"Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means to meet ourselves in a new way -- in the newness of each moment where all is possible and nothing is limited to the old."
-- Stephen Levin
“Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.”
-- Barbara Rose
“When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. … Forgive yourself and move on.”
-- Bernie S. Siegele
“No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
-- Source Unknown
“Why not concentrate on the now instead of hoping for better times in the future? Why not understand the now instead of forgetting it and hoping for the future? Isn’t the future just another trap?”
-- Anthony de Mello
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
"The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when… When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job.’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now."
-- Marshall Goldsmith
"Conscious evolution begins as we take responsibility for clearing our own obstructions."
-- Dan Millmanh
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”
-- Abraham H. Maslow