Piero Ferrucci Quotes

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• How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal…
• Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping…
• Generosity is, by definition, disinterested.
• Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness is a way…
• Inspiration comes whenever it wants, even at the most unlikely times and in the most inappropriate situations. Often it arrives bit by bit. Therefore it…
• Eliminate something superfluous from your life. Break a habit. Do something that makes you feel insecure.
• If kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.
• It's all really very simple. You don't have to choose between being kind to yourself and others. It's one and the same.
• Something similar happens on the other side of the equation: Giving kindness does us as much good as receiving it. . . . The true…
• To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if done with intelligence…
• If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value
• If we live in the here and now, each moment is a surprise, every instant a new wonder. But it often fails to work this…
• Psychosynthesis brings the matter to a point of extreme simplicity, seeing the self as the most elementary and distinctive part of our beings - in…
• The factors that contributed to my growth were many - finding someone who understood me, exploring the unconscious, awakening my latent love . . .…
• We can proceed according to the planned itinerary, strenuously trying to make life conform to our needs, or we can adapt to whatever we meet…
• Giving kindness does as much good as receiving it...Kind people are healthier and live longer.
• There is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing.
• The transition from rebellion to acceptance has an extremely important consequence. . . in which we start seeing life as a training school, to teach…

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