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title: "4 Grounded Quotes By Erik Pevernagie"
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> [“We need not be afraid of learning to know ourselves, fearing it would come down to disappointment. Remaining humble allows us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/we-need-not-be-afraid-of-learning-to-know-ourselves-fearing-it-would/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d25/erik-pevernagie-688_arrogance_we-need-not-be-afraid-of-learning-to-kno_526937.jpg)

> [“During energy deflation, we must first re-evaluate our values, motivations, and capacities because this helps us adopt a more grounded, realistic approach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/during-energy-deflation-we-must-first-re-evaluate-our-values/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/erik-pevernagie-688_destiny_during-energy-deflation-we-must-first-re_1000966.jpg)

> [“When only silence remains, we stand suspended between remembrance and presence in a fragile space between being grounded in the past and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-only-silence-remains-we-stand-suspended-between-remembrance-and/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/erik-pevernagie-688_grounded_when-only-silence-remains-we-stand-suspe_2597107.jpg)

> [“If the glare of the public eye has become unbearable, our inner child may claim its rights and our bodily shadow might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-the-glare-of-the-public-eye-has-become-unbearable-our-inner-child/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/erik-pevernagie-688_blaze_if-the-glare-of-the-public-eye-has-becom_2763770.jpg)

## Other authors on Grounded

## More by Erik Pevernagie

> [“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/let-us-not-subside-into-a-single-mandatory-way-of-thinking-or-feeling/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“The world can spare psychopathic masterminds of fear, pushing the panic button all along. Instead, let us look at the unfettering light that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/the-world-can-spare-psychopathic-masterminds-of-fear-pushing-the/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“For the discovery of self we have to overcome the fear of self, so as to find the marrow ‘within’ and disclose our ‘true’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/for-the-discovery-of-self-we-have-to-overcome-the-fear-of-self-so-as/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“If we want to decode our community's deep-seated fibers, we must go and see the world and explore the significant distinctions and resemblances. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-we-want-to-decode-our-community-s-deep-seated-fibers-we-must-go/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“When we allow ourselves to show some patience and take time to listen to the others, we may learn a lot about ourselves. Patience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-allow-ourselves-to-show-some-patience-and-take-time-to-listen/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“Man may feel like a feeble and powerless pawn, at some moment in his life. This apprehension can come out of the blue, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/man-may-feel-like-a-feeble-and-powerless-pawn-at-some-moment-in-his/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“When we are grappling with misery and our heart is in a knot, we may well do better to snap back to a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-are-grappling-with-misery-and-our-heart-is-in-a-knot-we-may/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the ‘alleluias’ of self-importance, life can become genuine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/the-day-we-decide-to-drop-the-flimsy-makeshift-scenarios-in-our/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“If the vibrant and frolicking merry-go-round of our daily living has been ousted by an eerie void of an intractable vacuum, only inspiriting memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-the-vibrant-and-frolicking-merry-go-round-of-our-daily-living-has/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“One day it may feel as if energy and enthusiasm are quenched, feelings dried up and emotions scorched, love and affection tangled in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/one-day-it-may-feel-as-if-energy-and-enthusiasm-are-quenched-feelings/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“Let us find inner freedom in each lucky moment that we encounter, like a sun-basking butterfly that finds peace on a cherry blossom petal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/let-us-find-inner-freedom-in-each-lucky-moment-that-we-encounter-like/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“It is so simple and easy to hate and so grueling and hard to love, when the emotional “love forever”- revelation has become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/it-is-so-simple-and-easy-to-hate-and-so-grueling-and-hard-to-love/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“Giving up the obsession of sign-values and the subservient fascination of the social pyramid, allows us to set priorities in life, find out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/giving-up-the-obsession-of-sign-values-and-the-subservient/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“When people’s parallel truth collides with their real truth, they may have a hard time in subduing all the fanciful items and characters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-people-s-parallel-truth-collides-with-their-real-truth-they-may/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

> [“Love is a challenge with an illusion emanating an aura of otherness. Through their unrelenting attention, two smitten people can arouse a to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/love-is-a-challenge-with-an-illusion-emanating-an-aura-of-otherness/)

[Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/)

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