Guy Finley Quotes

147 quotes in 1634 categories

• Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to…
• Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.
• Looking to any angry, anxious, or otherwise stressed emotional state to help you sort out the pain you're in is like trying to organize your…
• Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion
• If you don't leap, you'll never know what it's like to fly.
• What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!
• The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.
• Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.
• Love is effortless attention.
• The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.
• No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.
• The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
• Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds…
• True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it…
• Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over…
• Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"
• No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.
• Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who…
• The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.
• Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very…

Browse Guy Finley Quotes by Category