Self Renaissance

I created this account to share the tiny bits of wisdom that have broadened my perspective on life. Hopefully you'll enjoy them too.

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"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than you."
— Dr. Seuss

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"Anything that is less than kind, is false identification." — Byron Katie #kindness

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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
— Confucius

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"We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens."
— Epictetus

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"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers."
— Deepak Chopra

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"A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life."
— Dalai Lama XIV

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"Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be." — Bob Dylan

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"There is no 'what should be,' there is only 'what is.'"
— Lenny Bruce

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"You can't change what you don't acknowledge."
— Dr. Phil

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"What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway."
— Mother Teresa

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"Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever you just have to live."
— Natalie Babbitt

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"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be."
— May Sarton

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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
— Mother Teresa

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"When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."
— Seneca

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"I have done my best', that is about all the philosophy of living that one needs."
— Lin-Yutang

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"The greatest master that you will ever meet is the nature of your mind." — Chamtrul Rinpoche

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"The feeling of boredom can be very interesting if you look into it." — Alan Watts

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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
— Dalai Lama XIV

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"Be brave; dare to love the pieces of yourself no one else will ever see."
— Emma Bleker

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"Solitude is not chosen, any more than destiny is chosen. Solitude comes to us if we have within us the magic stone that attracts destiny."
— Hermann Hesse