Acceptance, not survival.


Jim Genovese

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Life is good if you think it is.
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The enemy within is like a ghost - hard to see and even harder to believe exists.
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Practice without direction achieves little.
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You're the only one who knows your world.
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I think, therefore it is.
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The world within and the world without, are inextricably bound by perception.
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Know yourself, because that is where your answers are.
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Change is an enemy or friend, depending on whether I am happy or sad.
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To know yourself is to know the world.
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Death is the reward for living.
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A pessimist is someone who expects the worst, and is disgruntled when it doesn't happen.
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Only the present is real.
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Expertise is made up of more practice and more refinement.
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God gives us enemies so we will appreciate those who love us.
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Trying to control people is like trying to heard cats. It's not a good idea.
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Do your part, and God will do the rest.
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The level of expertise you reach in any endeavour is limited by your level of interest in it.
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Don't expect to have a sane conversation with someone who is acting insanely.
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We achieve our best results when instinct and experience meet.
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Every face is beautiful when it smiles back.
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The time to start is now.
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Love your neighbour as you love yourself, only works if you love yourself.
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We find what we look for.
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Any step in the right direction, no matter how small, is a good step.
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Trying to hard impedes progress.
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Without challenges and change there can be no progress.
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If you are willing to take responsibility for your own misery, then you can stop it.
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Your mind expresses your emotions through your body. To know your emotions, know your body.
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Keep trying something new. You never know if you like it otherwise.
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Failure is a great motivator to open my mind, broaden my scope and learn.
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The goal of learning is to practice what you've learned.
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Wishes are free, unless you forget they are not real for then they become expensive.
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The worst lies are the ones you tell yourself.
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Act, don't react.
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Your own rules make you vulnerable to exploitation by those who won't abide by them.
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Before gathering the facts it is easy to get upset and hard to resolve the issue.
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Just because I don't know how to do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.
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Ending my suffering is an inside job.
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You can't keep love or misery unless you give them away.
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When self interest and community need conflict, let the greater good guide you.
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The result of trying to fix others is frustration; the result of trying to fix ourselves is wisdom.
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If all become one, each becomes none, but if one is all, then each becomes everything.
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Duality is like the head and tail of a coin. In reality both form only one coin.
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