Peter McWilliams Quotes

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• The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.
• The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . .…
• The laws against public nudity make no sense. The idea that Jerry Falwell can go topless while Cindy Crawford cannot is an absolute affront to…
• Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, the perfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it to you.…
• Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into an emotional tirade. If we listen to this twinge --…
• The reason we feel hurt and anger when things and people outside us let us down is because we believe those things and people shouldn't.…
• The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose to put energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.
• For writing, getting off our buts means getting on our butts-putting it into a chair and not moving from the chair for a set period…
• You have to follow the old rule for a while. In fact, once you master the old rule, you are then the master-and masters get…
• We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We're especially…
• Willingness opens the doors to knowledge, direction, and achievement. Be willing to know, be willing to do, be willing to create a positive result. Be…
• When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.
• We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead,…
• Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you…
• No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from…
• I'm a confirmed negaholic. I don't just see a glass that's half full and call it half-empty; I see a glass that's completely full and…
• This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the…
• You can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.
• For many, negative thinking is a habit which, over time, becomes an addiction...
• Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they…

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