Words of Wisdom

The Traveller ran across this one day, surfing the web:

Words of Wisdom
I am simply human- no more, no less. I am not perfect, not a god, not a messiah, not a superhuman; I am human, and all that it implies. My views should not dictate anyone else's life but my own. Feel free to read these words with scrutiny, excitement or apathy. It matters not.

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Your perception creates your reality.

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Focus on the moment, but be mindful of the future.

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Recognize that your senses may be flawed, but they are at least a guide.

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Those who cannot change the fabric of their thought will never change their reality.

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Other people's perceptions of you should not create your reality.

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There is no good or bad, black or white, good or evil.

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The first act of insight is to throw away the labels.

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Race, religion, age, looks, politics, philosophy, education, sexuality, nationality, status, and handicaps are all illusions; we are all human first.

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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but don't forget some people need glasses.

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Why look down upon a beggar or a homeless person? We are all going to the same place after death- the grave.

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Are you going to concentrate and focus on the life you have now, or make a leap of faith and concentrate and focus on the next life?

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Your thoughts are inside your mind, the outside cannot control them.

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A strong belief system leans and skews your perceptions, thus blocking the other views.

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A person should not die for a belief, a belief should die for a person.

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Truth and reality are clearer when being objective and not taking extreme standpoints.

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Would you rather be grounded in this reality or a flying in a magical fantasy world?

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Every event and action is based upon cause and effect; therefore, nothing is accidental.

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You are your final authority.

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You cannot depend on anyone- there is no ultimate guide, teacher, or authority. There is only you, your relationship with others and the world.

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Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confidence, self-assuring, self-starting, self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying; when you have it, you know it.

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If you don't have faith or trust in yourself, who are you going to have faith and trust in?

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Only we can limit ourselves. No force is powerful enough to limit your spirituality, power, love, or happiness- unless you allow it.

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Knowledge without power is philosophy; power without knowledge is what the human race has been since the dawn of time; power is power.

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The power of the Will can conquer any disease- mental or physical. The power of the Will can change your life, and the world.

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Since we cannot be universal and know all what is to be known about everything, we ought to know a little about everything.

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Seize the day.

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Suck out the marrow of life.

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The only mistake is a mistake not learned from.

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No experience is a negative experience.

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Every moment living things grow, learn, and experience; all living things are dynamic, not stagnant, and everything and everyone changes.

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With great power comes great responsibility.

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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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What is happiness without pain?

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Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering; and suffering is the path to the dark side.

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Desire, attachment, and delusion lead to suffering.

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If humankind has the ability to destroy the world 100 times over, humankind also has the ability to save it once.

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Doesn't suffering arise from anger, hatred, violence, and war? So why does humanity continue down this path?

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An eye for an eye will make the world blind.

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All living things are part of the whole.

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All living things have a symbiotic relationship.

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When you destroy or hate something, you are destroying and hating part of yourself; when you help or love something, you help and love part of yourself.

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Live simply so others may simply live.

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How do you, your society, your world, and nature benefit when you harm yourself or another living being?

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Contentment is not complacency; contentment is happiness; complacency is accepting your current situation.

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People tend to detest what they see in other people because they see themselves.

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All of our thoughts, feelings, expressions, and actions have consequences- it is our responsibility to be aware of this.

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Only help those who asked to be helped, or if their actions dictate that they are in need of assistance.

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We can't help people who don't want to help themselves.

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You cannot put a yak's head on a sheep's body, and visa versa.

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Regret inaction, not action.

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If not now, when?

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Why continue to make apologizes? Why not prevent the harm from happening in the first place?

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View unhealthy people as a challenge to your discipline, not as your masters.

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There is not necessarily a correlation between chronological age and age of maturity.

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Empathy leads to compassion, compassion leads love.

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Who can you trust if you can't trust yourself?

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Think before you act- but not too long.

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It is much easier to push a boulder down a steep mountain than to pull a stubborn donkey up the slope.

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Hard work does not guarantee success or enlightenment; intention does.

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The first step on the path to anything is realizing that the path exists.

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The journey is more important that the destination.

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A student who does not bow to his master is not a student; a master that does not bow to his student is not a master.

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Everyone is responsible for their own actions.

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We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong; the amount of work is the same.

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Go through obstacles, not around them.

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Confront your greatest fear.

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The most common sort of lie is one muttered by oneself.

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Learn from the past, but do not live in it.

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To conserve anger is to control it so it can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.

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We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves.

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Perfection does not exist, therefore those who strive for it will always be disappointed.

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There is no such thing as failure.

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Your feelings are more important than anyone else's.

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Whoever fights monsters should see fit to it that in the process they do not become monsters.

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We should be skeptical to those who claim they know the Truth and hold the key to your salvation.

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Not one theory, philosophy, religion, belief system, ideology, science, book, history, or society alone can possible discern the Truth; each idea is merely a pinhole in an infinite universe.

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Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is ignorance.

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Intelligence does not imply wisdom.

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Language limits our thoughts and expression, that's why there are other ways of expressing what we feel.

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The true hero does not necessarily have to blow up star ships and save the galaxy; the true hero needs to just smile at a stranger.

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Only in growth, reform, and change can true stability be found.

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