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There Is A Powerful Craving In Most Of Us To See Ourselves As Instruments In The Hands Of Others And Thus Free Ourselves From The Responsibility For Acts Which Are Prompted By Our Own Questionable Inclinations And Impulses. Both The Strong And The Weak Grasp At This Alibi. The Latter Hide Their Malevolence Under The Virtue Of Obedience: They Acted Dishonorably Because They Had To Obey Orders. The Strong, Too, Claim Absolution By Proclaiming Themselves The Chosen Instrument Of A Higher Power -- God, History, Fate, Nation, Or Humanity.

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There Is A Powerful Craving In Most Of Us To See Ourselves As Instruments In The Hands Of Others And Thus Free Ourselves From The Responsibility For Acts Which Are Prompted By Our Own Questionable Inclinations And Impulses. Both The Strong And The Weak Grasp At This Alibi. The Latter Hide Their Malevolence Under The Virtue Of Obedience: They Acted Dishonorably Because They Had To Obey Orders. The Strong, Too, Claim Absolution By Proclaiming Themselves The Chosen Instrument Of A Higher Power -- God, History, Fate, Nation, Or Humanity.

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Meaning Of Life

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To Contemplate A Thing Implies Maintaining Oneself Outside It, Resolved To Keep A Distance Between It And Ourselves.

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Taking Responsibility

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The Timeless Moment. - The "moment" Has No Yesterday Or Tomorrow. It Is Not The Result Of Thought And Therefore Has No Time.

Life Is Never Stagnation. It Is Constant Movement, Un-rhythmic Movement, As We As Constant Change. Things Live By Moving And Gain Strength As They Go.

The Less Effort, The Faster And More Powerful You Will Be.

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Not Being Tense But Ready. Not Thinking But Not Dreaming. Not Being Set But Flexible. Liberation From The Uneasy Sense Of Confinement. It Is Being Wholly And Quietly Alive, Aware And Alert, Ready For Whatever May Come.

Through My Own Observations. I Am Convinced That An Absolutely Honest And Direct Inquiry Into Oneself Will Lead To Understanding.

Showing Off Is The Fool's Idea Of Glory.

I Treasure The Memory Of The Past Misfortunes. It Has Added More To My Bank Of Fortitude.

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An Instructor Should Exemplify The Things He Seeks To Teach. It Will Be Of Great Advantage If You Yourself Can Do All You Ask Of Your Students And More.

The Best Form Of Endurance Exercise Is The Performance Of The Event.

As Long As We Separate This Oneness Into Two We Won't Achieve Realization.

But To Those Who Kept Saying "it Can't Be Done," Never Are The Victories Or The Honors Won. But, Rather, By The Believing, Doing Kind, While The Doubters Watched From Far Behind.

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The Knowledge And Skills You Have Achieved Are Meant To Be Forgotten So You Can Float Comfortably In Emptiness, Without Obstruction.

Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Troubles You. I'll Not Willingly Offend, Nor Be Easily Offended.

Easily Offended

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As You Think, You Shall Become

Awareness Is Without Choice, Without Demand, Without Anxiety; In That State Of Mind, There Is Perception.

Man, He Is Constantly Growing And When He Is Bound By A Set Pattern Of Ideas Or Way Of Doing Things, That's When He Stops Growing

Bring The Mind Into Sharp Focus And Make It Alert So That It Can Immediately Intuit Truth, Which Is Everywhere. The Mind Must Be Emancipated From Old Habits, Prejudices, Restrictive Thought Processes And Even Ordinary Thought Itself.

Flow In The Living Moment - We Are Always In A Process Of Becoming And Nothing Is Fixed.

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Learning Is Never Cumulative, It Is A Movement Of Knowing Which Has No Beginning And No End.

Having Totality Means Being Capable Of Following "what Is," Because "what Is" Is Constantly Moving And Constantly Changing. If One Is Anchored To A Particular View, One Will Not Be Able To Follow The Swift Movement Of "what Is.

Remember, Success Is A Journey Not A Destination. Have Faith In Your Ability. You Will Do Just Fine.

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