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> [Push hard to get better, become smarter, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotional intelligence, hone your dreams, negotiate with your shadow, cure your ignorance, shed your pettiness, heighten your drive to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/push-hard-to-get-better-become-smarter-grow-your-devotion-to-the/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

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## More by Rob Brezsny

> [May you eat an unfamiliar dessert in a strange land at least once every three years. May you wake up... and start dancing while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/may-you-eat-an-unfamiliar-dessert-in-a-strange-land-at-least-once/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/act-as-if-the-universe-is-a-prodigious-miracle-created-for-your/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Your sweet spot is in between the true believers and the scoffing skeptics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/your-sweet-spot-is-in-between-the-true-believers-and-the-scoffing/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Not waiting for someone to give you what you can give yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/not-waiting-for-someone-to-give-you-what-you-can-give-yourself/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/if-you-bury-your-face-in-your-tear-stained-pillow-and-beg-god-to/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [I will never again cast a curse on myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/i-will-never-again-cast-a-curse-on-myself/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the blessings that life is conspiring to give you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/what-worn-out-shticks-are-blinding-you-to-the-blessings-that-life-is/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Blow kisses to the oak trees and sparrows and elephants and weeds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/blow-kisses-to-the-oak-trees-and-sparrows-and-elephants-and-weeds/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Proclaim the only truth you can be totally sure of: "I don't know."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/proclaim-the-only-truth-you-can-be-totally-sure-of-i-don-t-know/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Your imagination is your power to create mental pictures of things that don't exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/your-imagination-is-the-single-most-important-asset-you-possess-your/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the cirrus clouds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/imagine-that-the-whole-world-belongs-to-you-the-birch-trees-in-new/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [Here's what I say: We will ignore the cult of doom and gloom and embrace the cause of zoom and boom. We will laugh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/here-s-what-i-say-we-will-ignore-the-cult-of-doom-and-gloom-and/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [We're not going to waste our valuable space or your precious energy by giving equal time to stories of tragedy, failure, and tumult. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/we-re-not-going-to-waste-our-valuable-space-or-your-precious-energy/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [But you will be hard-pressed to find more than a few novels, films, news stories, and TV shows that dare to depict life as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/but-you-will-be-hard-pressed-to-find-more-than-a-few-novels-films/)

[Rob Brezsny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-brezsny/)

> [HYPOTHESES: Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy is fascinating. Love is an act of heroic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-brezsny/hypotheses-evil-is-boring-cynicism-is-idiotic-fear-is-a-bad-habit/)

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