I like it when science and devotion find places of intersection.
("Eat, Pray, Love")
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If something is rubbing so hard against you, you can be sure it's working on you.
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We don't realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.
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I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thought that could lead a person to start drinking gin at nine o'clock in the morning, and I don't want to go there.
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You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.
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