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> [“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and therefore must perform at a superior level.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/if-you-expect-more-from-yourself-than-from-others-you-are-saying-that-2/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

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## Other authors on Saying Better

## More by Judith Hanson Lasater

> [“... the only thing I was to do while living was to love everyone. That, she let me know, is the purpose of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/the-only-thing-i-was-to-do-while-living-was-to-love-everyone-that-she/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“Am I suggesting that we no longer try to achieve our goals? Absolutely not. It is not accomplishment that is the problem. The problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/am-i-suggesting-that-we-no-longer-try-to-achieve-our-goals-absolutely/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we can uncover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/follow-your-nature-the-practice-is-really-about-uncovering-your-own/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“... I consciously closed down my energy. He instantly left me alone. I learned a powerful lesson that day. When you open up your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/i-consciously-closed-down-my-energy-he-instantly-left-me-alone-i/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [Keep your drunken electrons dancing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/keep-your-drunken-electrons-dancing/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/we-are-being-called-into-realization-with-great-urgency-and/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“I came to understand that belief is a preconception about the way reality should be; faith is the willingness to experience reality as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/i-came-to-understand-that-belief-is-a-preconception-about-the-way/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“Don't believe your thoughts; they are just neurotransmitters locking into receptor sites, not reality. ... As I studied and practiced more, I began to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/don-t-believe-your-thoughts-they-are-just-neurotransmitters-locking/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [ “\[Let\] go of your attachments: your attachment to being right, to having total control, or to living forever. This process of letting go is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/let-go-of-your-attachments-your-attachment-to-being-right-to-having/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/you-can-t-make-yourself-be-compassionate-you-can-only-keep-stepping/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“Now, well beyond my teens, I feel that there is no such thing as wasted love. Any love that we experience holds great power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/now-well-beyond-my-teens-i-feel-that-there-is-no-such-thing-as-wasted/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“I suggest that, before speaking or taking some other action, you first ask yourself these questions: Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/i-suggest-that-before-speaking-or-taking-some-other-action-you-first/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [“If you expect more from yourself than from others, you are saying that you are better than others and, therefore, must perform at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/if-you-expect-more-from-yourself-than-from-others-you-are-saying-that/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a necessarily new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/the-time-to-recognize-the-power-of-community-is-here-again-not-as/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

> [Why are we doing all these handstands, backbends and arm balances? I don't know why we're doing them unless our lives are shaped and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hanson-lasater/why-are-we-doing-all-these-handstands-backbends-and-arm-balances-i/)

[Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hanson-lasater/)

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