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Sam Keen Quotes

I suspect that we are all recipients of cosmic love notes. Messages, omens, voices, cries, revelations, and appeals are homogenized into each day’s events. If only we knew how to listen, to read the signs Picture Quote #1

Good men and good women have fire in the belly. We are fierce. Don’t mess with us if you’re looking for someone who will always be ‘nice’ to you. Nice gets you a C in life. We don’t always smile, talk in a soft voice, or engage in indiscriminate hugs. In the loving struggle between the sexes we thrust and parry Picture Quote #1

The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir that will gradually dissolve the hard shell of your ego-your need to posses and control-and transform you into a generous being. The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous-lar ge souled Picture Quote #1

The ‘still, small voice’ of God never calls on me to be like another man. It appeals to me to rise to my full stature and fulfill the promise that sleeps within my being Picture Quote #1

You come to love not by discovering the ideal individual, yet by figuring out how to see a blemished individual flawlessly Picture Quote #1

The root of humanly caused evil is not man’s animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst Picture Quote #1

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Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability Picture Quote #1

If we don’t preserve forest habitat for spotted owls, then soon we won’t have trees to refresh the air we breathe. And we’re realizing that this applies to social ecology, as well Picture Quote #1

I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality Picture Quote #1

I think we’re inevitably going to be depressed when we focus the major part of our energy and attention on something that doesn’t give us meaning, only material things Picture Quote #1

Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction Picture Quote #1

The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen Picture Quote #1

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To a large extent, the aged in our society are ghettoized. Old people are seen as useless, bypassed by history, old-fashioned, in the way. So, not surprisingly, when we reach the official mark of old age, we’re supposed to go gently into that good night, to get off center stage and hand over the spotlight. Old age is also surrounded by shame - the myth of impotence and inability Picture Quote #1

Down to earth advice about the path that leads away from the kingdom of the hollow men Picture Quote #1

I think it’s increasingly hard to have deep self-knowledge without entering the darkness in some way Picture Quote #1

I think we’re always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves Picture Quote #1

In a pluralistic culture . . . every individual must create a private mythological system. I must discover within myself the Garden of Eden from which I am exiled and the New Jeruselem toward which I am journeying. And must bear the burden of being my own redeemer, my own Christ Picture Quote #1

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly Picture Quote #1

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We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly Picture Quote #1

The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes Picture Quote #1

The major impediment to experiencing the sacred depths of ordinary moments is the speed and distraction of contemporary life that moves to the imperatives of the global economic order.In addition, we increasingly live in a virtual world in which our reality is filtered through media and information technology Picture Quote #1

Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don’t mean anything Picture Quote #1

The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble Picture Quote #1

Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we’re encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement Picture Quote #1

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You don’t go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul Picture Quote #1

The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act Picture Quote #1

We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage Picture Quote #1

Trust what moves you most deeply Picture Quote #1

We can only choose whether we will feel and not what we will feel Picture Quote #1

What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk? Picture Quote #1

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I suspect that we are all recipients of cosmic love notes. Messages, omens, voices, cries, revelations, and appeals are homogenized into each day’s events. If only we knew how to listen, to read the signs. (Sam Keen Quotes) Good men and good women have fire in the belly. We are fierce. Don’t mess with us if you’re looking for someone who will always be ‘nice’ to you. Nice gets you a C in life. We don’t always smile, talk in a soft voice, or engage in indiscriminate hugs. In the loving struggle between the sexes we thrust and parry (Sam Keen Quotes) The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act as an elixir that will gradually dissolve the hard shell of your ego-your need to posses and control-and transform you into a generous being. The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous-lar ge souled (Sam Keen Quotes) The ‘still, small voice’ of God never calls on me to be like another man. It appeals to me to rise to my full stature and fulfill the promise that sleeps within my being (Sam Keen Quotes) You come to love not by discovering the ideal individual, yet by figuring out how to see a blemished individual flawlessly (Sam Keen Quotes) The root of humanly caused evil is not man’s animal nature, not territorial aggression, or innate selfishness, but our need to gain self-esteem, deny our mortality, and achieve a heroic self-image. Our desire for the best is the cause of the worst (Sam Keen Quotes) Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability (Sam Keen Quotes) If we don’t preserve forest habitat for spotted owls, then soon we won’t have trees to refresh the air we breathe. And we’re realizing that this applies to social ecology, as well. (Sam Keen Quotes) I fall into all kinds of inauthenticity when I conspire to forget my mortality (Sam Keen Quotes) I think we’re inevitably going to be depressed when we focus the major part of our energy and attention on something that doesn’t give us meaning, only material things. (Sam Keen Quotes) Being pretty successful, I can, of course, afford some luxuries. But I realize again and again how we have to disillusion ourselves of the idea that these things are going to give us real satisfaction. (Sam Keen Quotes) The best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen. (Sam Keen Quotes) To a large extent, the aged in our society are ghettoized. Old people are seen as useless, bypassed by history, old-fashioned, in the way. So, not surprisingly, when we reach the official mark of old age, we’re supposed to go gently into that good night, to get off center stage and hand over the spotlight. Old age is also surrounded by shame - the myth of impotence and inability. (Sam Keen Quotes) Down to earth advice about the path that leads away from the kingdom of the hollow men (Sam Keen Quotes) I think it’s increasingly hard to have deep self-knowledge without entering the darkness in some way. (Sam Keen Quotes) I think we’re always in the process of writing and rewriting the story of our lives, forming our experiences into a narrative that makes sense. Much of that work involves demythologizing family myths and cultural myths - getting free of what we have been told about ourselves. (Sam Keen Quotes) In a pluralistic culture . . . every individual must create a private mythological system. I must discover within myself the Garden of Eden from which I am exiled and the New Jeruselem toward which I am journeying. And must bear the burden of being my own redeemer, my own Christ. (Sam Keen Quotes) We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. (Sam Keen Quotes) We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. (Sam Keen Quotes) The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes. (Sam Keen Quotes) The major impediment to experiencing the sacred depths of ordinary moments is the speed and distraction of contemporary life that moves to the imperatives of the global economic order.In addition, we increasingly live in a virtual world in which our reality is filtered through media and information technology. (Sam Keen Quotes) Our society has been eaten up by the economic view of things, which routinely forces us to work at jobs that don’t mean anything. (Sam Keen Quotes) The sacred is discovered in what moves and touches us, in what makes us tremble (Sam Keen Quotes) Neurotic identity crises come when our defense mechanisms have been too successful and we’re encapsulated in the fortress we have constructed with nothing to refresh us in our solitary confinement. So we play the old movies with their stale fears and their unrealistic hopes until we become bored enough to risk disarmament and engagement. (Sam Keen Quotes) You don’t go through a deep personal transformation without some kind of dark night of the soul. (Sam Keen Quotes) The telling of your stories is a revolutionary act (Sam Keen Quotes) We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage (Sam Keen Quotes) Trust what moves you most deeply (Sam Keen Quotes) We can only choose whether we will feel and not what we will feel (Sam Keen Quotes) What happens if I try to build a life dedicated to avoiding all danger and all unnecessary risk? (Sam Keen Quotes)

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