One of the most important rules for me is: Don't ever defend myself. If we could put this one principle into practice, how much more simple life would be. Guy Finley More Quotes by Guy Finley More Quotes From Guy Finley Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion Guy Finley stress kind compassion Life can only be as new as you Choose to be. Guy Finley you-choose The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it. Guy Finley path life-is men The Peace you long for also longs for you. Guy Finley long Each time that you don't know you are choosing, then of those choices you are not the chooser. Guy Finley choices knows As the lesser is always found within the greater, so this principle holds true with regards to time and the eternal. Guy Finley principles spiritual found You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today. Guy Finley finding-yourself today inspirational Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded. Guy Finley effort real dream It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself. Guy Finley being-yourself important seems Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it. Guy Finley pain life believe Far better is it for you to go through one small thing that frightens you than to make a thousand plans for an imagined fearless day to come. Guy Finley days-to-come fearless thousand Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Guy Finley dwelling want inspirational If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now? Guy Finley differences real thinking Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view. Guy Finley echoes struggle past The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again! Guy Finley sadness stories wish Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves. Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it than a picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today. Guy Finley reality past moving No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible. Guy Finley ruts spiritual impossible A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind. Guy Finley encounters kind inspirational What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it? Guy Finley self-esteem feelings long The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears. Guy Finley seeing ends fear
