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“ When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ”

- Lao tzu

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“ Let go, or be dragged. ”

- Zen proverb

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“ What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. ”

- Confucius

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“ Mind is like a mad monkey. ”

- Sathya Sai Baba

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“ Wise men don’t judge – they seek to understand. ”

- Wei Wu Wei

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“ Wherever you are, it’s the place you need to be. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

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“ Rest and be kind, you don’t have to prove anything. ”

- Jack Kerouac

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“ I live by letting things happen. ”

- Dogen

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“ Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ”

- Pema Chödrön

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“ You are exactly where you need to be. ”

- Unknown

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“ Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. ”

- Meister Eckhart

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“ Who you are is always right. ”

- Ming Dao Deng

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“ The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. ”

- Eric Hoffer

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“ The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. ”

- Ram Dass

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“ Still your waters. ”

- Josh Waitzkin

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“ Learn to be comfortable in adversity but most importantly, learn to be comfortable when you’re bored. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

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“ If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. ”

- Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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“ The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. ”

- Shunryu Suzuki

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“ Everything that happens to you is a form of instruction if you pay attention. ”

- Robert Greene

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“ The less you try to impress, the more peaceful you can be. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

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“ Life is a balance of holding on and letting go. ”

- Rumi

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“ When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves. ”

- Dogen

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“ When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it. ”

- Dogen

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“ Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. ”

- Lin Yutang

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“ Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. ”

- Osho

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“ Wherever you are, be there totally. ”

- Eckhart Tolle

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“ Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions. ”

- Seng ts’an

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“ One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them. ”

- Masanobu Fukuoka

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“ Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun. ”

- Alan Watts

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“ Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. ”

- Alan Watts

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