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The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed ones who possess the Kingdom are they who have repudiated every external thing and have rooted from their hearts all sense of possessing Picture Quote #1

In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- moments when we human beings can say

Are you going to be just kind of a walking monument to a job, or are you going to have some kind of really significant inner life of your own? Because the external things - the job, the house, the this, the that - do not really fill the place inside Picture Quote #1

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace Picture Quote #1

A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states Picture Quote #1

The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse. By itself, the law can never create anything better. Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions Picture Quote #1

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You do not become a dissident just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society Picture Quote #1

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy Picture Quote #1

I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful Picture Quote #1

Fame for me is not external, it's internal. So I've been famous for a long time Picture Quote #1

Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks Picture Quote #1

The first step in freeing men from external chains was to emancipate them from the internal chains of false beliefs and ideals. To free one's mind of chains is to free it of the care of what is acceptable or viewed so by society, this is when true freedom is discovered Picture Quote #1

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That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a thing outside of ourselves Picture Quote #1

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us Picture Quote #1

He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid Picture Quote #1

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him Picture Quote #1

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers Picture Quote #1

It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world Picture Quote #1

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The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter Picture Quote #1

If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If your soul is unhealthy, no external circumstance can redeem your life Picture Quote #1

I was operating on the unspoken assumption that my inner world would be filled with life, peace, and joy once my external world was perfect Picture Quote #1

All art is, indeed, a monotony in external things for the sake of an interior variety, a sacrifice of gross effects to subtle effects, an asceticism of the imagination Picture Quote #1

Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love Picture Quote #1

I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe Picture Quote #1

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Both these people illustrate the essential point that happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events Picture Quote #1

Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept Picture Quote #1

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things Picture Quote #1

If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good Picture Quote #1

The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire Picture Quote #1

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state Picture Quote #1

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The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed ones who possess the Kingdom are they who have repudiated every external thing and have rooted from their hearts all sense of possessing (External Quotes) In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of -- moments when we human beings can say "I love you, " "I'm proud of you, " "I forgive you, " "I'm grateful for you. " That's what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff (External Quotes) Are you going to be just kind of a walking monument to a job, or are you going to have some kind of really significant inner life of your own? Because the external things - the job, the house, the this, the that - do not really fill the place inside (External Quotes) Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace (External Quotes) A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states (External Quotes) The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse. By itself, the law can never create anything better. Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions (External Quotes) You do not become a dissident just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society (External Quotes) All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy (External Quotes) I was motivated by just thinking that if you had all this external success that everyone would love you and everything would be peaceful and wonderful (External Quotes) Fame for me is not external, it's internal. So I've been famous for a long time (External Quotes) Life is the external text, the burning bush by the edge of the path from which God speaks (External Quotes) The first step in freeing men from external chains was to emancipate them from the internal chains of false beliefs and ideals. To free one's mind of chains is to free it of the care of what is acceptable or viewed so by society, this is when true freedom is discovered (External Quotes) That which compels us to create a substitute for ourselves is not the external lack of objects, but our incapacity to lovingly include a thing outside of ourselves (External Quotes) But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us (External Quotes) He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his own existence and found it splendid (External Quotes) Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him (External Quotes) The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers (External Quotes) It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world (External Quotes) The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter (External Quotes) If your soul is healthy, no external circumstance can destroy your life. If your soul is unhealthy, no external circumstance can redeem your life (External Quotes) I was operating on the unspoken assumption that my inner world would be filled with life, peace, and joy once my external world was perfect (External Quotes) All art is, indeed, a monotony in external things for the sake of an interior variety, a sacrifice of gross effects to subtle effects, an asceticism of the imagination (External Quotes) Silence is the language of Om. We need silence to be able to reach our Self. Both internal and external silence is very important to feel the presence of that supreme Love (External Quotes) I existed before I received this body. I am the external and fundamental life energy of the universe (External Quotes) Both these people illustrate the essential point that happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events (External Quotes) Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept (External Quotes) The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things (External Quotes) If our faith in God is not the veriest sham, it demands, and will produce, the abandonment sometimes, the subordination always, of external helps and material good (External Quotes) The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire (External Quotes) If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state (External Quotes)

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